Hey lady: Sorry for not calling you back. I was swamped. I will give you a call later this evening and definitely feel free to call me anytime. I work during the day at a firm so I may not pickup right away; but I will get back to you as soon as I get a break. Hope to talk to you soon.

Well, hello, J.J.; may I? No, actually I love your name, Javari. It is a beautiful name...just joking about the "J.J." Has anyone ever called you that? Well, anyway, let me see if I ease your mind a little on some of your student stuff. Let me offer you this advice. I learned/realized this when I went into the 160 wpm class and pass the first test on the first day. I will never forget it. After trying so long to get out of the 140 wpm class, I did it; and went into this new class of 160 wpm. The were having their test on that day, and I went ahead and took it. Of course, I had nothing to lose and absolutely no expectations. Suddenly, she stopped reading and I astonishingly realized it was over, and I said, Oh, shit! I passed this M.F. (sorry, French slips rarely); but I had to tell you the way it happened so you could have a perfect picture. Then, when I went home and thought about it, I understood how it came to be. So, here is your advice. Whenever you pass a test, ( and I'm vaguley remembering you are at the 180 speed now but whatever, it works for all) let's say you pass the 160 wpm. You passed it because you have 180 speed. You can't pass a 160 test without 180 speed. This is why: While you're listening and taking down the dictation, you're going at 160. If you EVER fall behind, (as we all do), you MUST go 180 to catch up, because the reader is certainly not gonna slow down for you. He's continuously reading at 160. So, when you go to the 180 class, it's because you are AT the 180 speed. You won't pass the 180 test until you attain the 200 speed. Now, when I went into that 160 class from the 140, I was so relaxed, and without any expectations, that I didn't get nervous. I was just taking down dictation and while in that mode-set, guess what? I never fell behind...thus I passed. It took me a while to pass the next one, because nerves set back in. You understand? I'm sure you do. so remember, whatever speed you're in right now, you can definitely do 20 words faster and you ARE definitely 20 words faster when you know you're close. Most of the time, we fail a test because of nerves, not because we can't do it. I anxiously await your reply and next time, it'll be easier if I can respond to a question by you. Peace out, my beautiful sista, and have a wonderful blessed day. Your new friend, Michael

Wow, my dear Sista! You do have your hands full. I applaud you and wish you well. I have been a professional for nearly 20 years. If you need any help and/or advice, I am here for you. I am sure I can lift you up....I do a great job at that for my people...want to touch bases with them all. Hope you will accept me as your friend, as soon as I find the button to invite you. Until next time, I remain, Michael. Oh, & P.S.: Congratulations on your marital status. Keep it strong. Let me know if you ever will attend a convention. We have one for California reporters happening in October in Las Vegas and a national one in Anaheim near Disneyland. reply back soon.

All of what you said is soooo nice to hear. Sounds like you will be a good motivator for me and I will do my best to motivate you (sounds like you got all the motivation in the world already though). Anywho, I will call you sometime tonight after work or even tomorrow. We definitely have to get in touch. I think I might try the online school to get me back where i need to be. We'll talk... Lata.

no problem, sorry for the confusion.. you should have received a welcome email, not sure what happened.
thanks

Yeah. I have the Eclipse Edit version. I've been dabbling with scoping for about a year now. Anywho, since i was trying to save money in getting back to Court reporting I called myself being resourceful and found someone on line that sold me the edit version. It was all good; but I didn't know that they shouldn't have sold it to me without a license, etc... Needless to say, I have no tech support or training; so I just taught myself. (I only paid $500 for it). I fumble through the manual that was included; but you are right, there is so much to learn and I know that if I had tech support or a REAL version of Eclipse I would be able to scope a lot faster. Maybe you and I can trade notes on how things work, etc... and make both our lives a little easier.

By the way do you like your at home classes and how do you discipline yourself to do it consistently and regularly?

By the way, my cell is 773.459.7279.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Hey Javari:

Nice to meet you. I was at 225 and decided to go to law school. Well that didn't work out so now after 6 years, I realize I should have stayed with Court reporting. Anywho, I dropped in speed, of course and I am writing about 180 now. Actually 180 is better than I thought I would be. To get to the point, I heard about the online school out of Hobart. I'm in Chicago. I know the theory but really need some training in realtime cuz I learned on an old school manual machine. Can you give me a call to discuss the school a little more. I would love to know how they operate and what the costs, etc... are.
Thanks. AND DEFINITELY STICK TO IT!!!!