Skip It

The main thing Matthew Megerdichian skipped when reading this book was the Introduction. He knew this probably wasn't the best idea in the world, but he fell into the trap of being lazy because the pages were numbered with roman numerals instead of regular page numbers and thus not part of the assigned reading. Likely, Matt will only go back and read it based on the feedback he gets from the question he asked on whether or not it had significane or helped the reader understand anything.
The other parts he skipped were the parts with the red words crossed out and the blue boxes from page 109 onward. Knowing Matt well, I know he is the kind of person who is not willing to strain his eyes, or use a mirror to read a book. Reading the book at all was an accomplishment for someone like him. He probably thought that if the author really wanted you to read it, then the author should have just left it as plain text.
In the end, chances are that Mr. Megerdichian is not left wondering what he might have missed by skipping these sections. Instead, he is thinking that this virtual class was in many ways superior to the actual class setting. While it took him some time to think of examples and to formulate his exact thoughts, it helped his understanding of the book more. In class, he might have been attacked or felt lost if certain topics were not explained because having the ability to look things up gave him the oppurtunity to clarify some unclear things. Also, Matt didn't get back from track and field practice until 6:30 today so he would have been late to class.