February 8, 2006 – 12:18 pm
Well, I’ve been in Mr. Sacco’s class for a month and I haven’t passed a single test. I got to pass 5 tests at 180: three congressionals, one jury charge, and one testimony. I feel that I am not at the speed yet. I think I am actually writing at 170. I’m getting a little [...]
December 26, 2005 – 10:04 pm
I’m sure I saw this much later than every other person out there, but I caught a Chappelle’s Show rerun on Comedy Central the other night. There was this great sketch on that episode about a “Home Stenographer.” The premise was that “for a nominal fee, you can hire a court reporting to follow you [...]
November 30, 2005 – 4:40 pm
In case you were wondering, you should be practicing your speed right now. Stenograph.com is marketing a nice little device to constantly remind you that you as a court reporter you’ll always be under a clock. Tick tock tick tock . . . steno. While there isn’t any real correlation between this clock and practicing, [...]
November 21, 2005 – 1:57 pm
I guess I wasn’t really surprised, but I definitely remember telling my husband shortly after I began studying court reporting that it was a field dominated by women. At my first school in Valley Stream, there were only a handful of men. Now at NYCI there are more, but still, I’d say it’s at least [...]
October 19, 2005 – 12:45 pm
I do a lot of drills and I think I’m progressing well enough. I’m pretty eager to start working and think by the time I reach 225 wpm that I will be able to handle almost any situation. I mean, when I think about what I’ll be doing, I pretty much imagine taking depositions at [...]