Would you say that, when it comes to readings, you read them entirely differently than you had in high school? If so, then why do you think this happened?

I think that I do read them differently, mostly because in high school, it did not seem like we were required to understand the text on such a level as we do now in college. In the high school environment, I was not required to interpret and reiterate the ideas of a writing piece as heavily as I now have to do in college. I now find myself reading my assigned pieces of work more carefully and seriously than I had in high school. In high school, I felt like I could just skim through the selections and interpret it with ease, or at least, complete the necessary assignment with the piece. But now, it is as though I delve into the piece, generally not because it is required, but mainly because they also seem more capturing, to me at least. Mainly, in high school, I did not feel so serious when I was required to read a piece, and currently, I take my readings with a higher level of seriousness than before. So yes, I do feel that I read my assigned pieces more thoroughly  than I had previously. The reason being, I was not challenged to my full extent.