Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it.
This strategy isn't meant to improve your words per minute speed, but it's helpful in a time crunch, so you can focus on the most important information without wasting time reading parts that won't help you.