The fastest way to send me insane.

Few things piss me off more than people who can't read. That may sound very ignorant, but I don't mean that in the context of people who have not had the opportunity to be educated, or have a disability which compromises their physical ability to read. By 'people who can't read', I actually mean people who can read, but do so at a painfully slow rate, out loud, mangling every word and disjointing sentences as they progressively murder each syllable. I am specifically referring to an English class that I endured today, in which there was much reading aloud. For some reason, those who cannot read fluently seem to agree to read aloud. Not only does this take forever, it also detracts from the meaning as each sound emanating from the reader is more reminiscent of a malfunctioning machine than of carefully written prose. Please stop murdering my language- if you can't read properly, then don't try! And by 'don't try', I don't mean that you shouldn't try, I mean that you should continue to try to learn to read; but not aloud, and out of my earshot, thanks.