Hi, Jayne! How ya doin?!

Hi Jayne,
Thanks for the welcome! I am sure I will enjoy the site it's already been nice to see.

Have a great day!
Jackie

Jayne, it's going to be sad to see her go as you are accustomed to have her around the house. There comes a time when our children will not always be around us and we have to prepare ourselves for that time. Best of all, she is just a phone call away and I'm sure you guys would be in contact a lot with each other. On the other hand, the experience away from home and getting into more studies is good for her. I'm sure your daughter will visit now and again during college holidays and you will see a lot of independency in her. (dont have time to look up that word :) Think of all the good times you guys spend together. Even though you are going to lonely, you have to shake out yourself and continue with your studies, and remember to practice, practice, practice. Concentrate on your steno studies, soon you will be finished and getting out there in the working field. Also, go out with friends and family and have a good time, but remember to devote most of your time with steno, because from experience, girl, this machine requires a lot of of attention.
If you need help with anything just holla at me, my email is jean4reporting@yahoo.com. Take care.

I see that you're a student with Simply Steno. What has your experience with this program been like? Are you enjoying it? What speed level are you in? I sure wish I knew about Simply Steno before I got started ... it might've saved me a lot of time and money ;-))

Hi, Jayne!


Thank you for the warm welcome. I am currently an online student with Brown College. I'm enrolled in the captioning/CART program. A friend told me about this site today and I've already enjoyed reading the posts.

I see that you're doing Simply Steno. I am considering that myself since I dropped out of a HORRIFIC school that sucked my soul out of my body. How are you liking it? How does it work? How has your progress been?

Thanks Jane. It's good to be here. I'm still checking it out! Thanks for the note.

Jayne, I know what you mean about the kids leaving. I'm divorced and my kids have been home with me year-round for the last 3 years - when my son goes to college (in a year) and my daughter (in 2 years) - I will have empty nest syndrome -- really, really bad -- the only thing you can do is look at it like an opportunity to get all that speed practice that we all need to do so badly. It will help with the blues -- but it is SO hard to get motivated. Wishing you the best today!

Happy Wednesday, Jayne! How's school going today?

Nice t0 Meet you. WhaT a greaT 0rGanizaTi0n thiS is!

Hi, Jayne. What I meant about the software is that it's really great to have all these word pieces and the software will build your words for you, but it shouldn't be to the exclusion of having briefs, phrases, and punctuation incorporated into outlines. You have to "teach" your software your strokes.

As Brittany intimated (at least to me), putting in all those variations seems to be discouraged when, if you broke it down to separate strokes, it will translate perfectly the first time.

But that's YOU working for the software, if you see what I mean.

I'm on Eclipse and not DC, but I'm sure the concept (SKEPT) is the same. Feel free to email me if I'm being way too vague here, which I feel I am. :)

Thanks, Jayne. It was so nice of you to welcome me to this site. Is that a picture of you with the shotgun? :-)

Hi Jayne - good that you like on-line, too! It is SO much easier than driving to school and being out of the house! Why do I want to "leave" off working for the judge? Well, actually, I don't, necessarily. However, my judge may retire in a few ye
ars and I . also want the ability to go where I want and work when I want -- I've been tied to a desk for way too many years! What do you plan to do when you graduate?

Hi, Jane! Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner - I am an on-line CRID student and had to get my lesson in. I work full-time as a paralegal for a judge and then I am a full-time online student. I love being online, like Melanie (we are in classes together)! I looked at Simply Steno, but my state requires a degree, so I am in school. How is that working out for you? It looks like a great site! How far along are you?

For the WKT I used the vocab and English from Simply Steno and their Medical and Legal Terminology. Then I ordered the RPR Practice Questions from NCRA. Let me tell you, focus on puntucation and word usage. NCRA also follows the rules from the Greg's Manual (I can't think of the exact name of it). A 75% passes. There was a couple of computer questions. I would say 25% of the questions were legal and medical terminology. And the other 75 was punctuation and usage and spelling. It's great now, because you can take it every two months (I believe) and usually in your own town. Where are you from again?
I love interning. I am so excited. I'm really considering going with Digitalcat for the main reason that there is no yearly charge for support. (I hope I'm not wrong on that) :)
You are busy working on your csrnation site, I see. Talk to you soon!

Hey Jayne, So nice to hear from you. Life is great since PCRA and yes, I did go to the RPR. I only needed to pass the Lit and 2 Voice. I haven't gotten the scores, but I feel sure that I passed the Lit. I will be very shocked and disappointed if I didn't. The 2 voice, I didn't even transcribe. My mentor told me later that I should have because you just never know. So, I'll know that for next time. I've been doing some interning at a freelance firm here in Allentown and loving it. Hey, I'm just noticing that you use digitalcat. Tell me how you like it. I have the student version for Eclipse and I'm just kind of shopping around. With the online program I'm having to learn the CAT software on my own, as you know, and it's killing me. I need something simple and would also like for it to be a little more economical. LOL
The WKT is the NCRA's written knowledge test. It covers the academics and all. Talk to you soon!

Hi Jayne!
Hey, where did you live in the lower peninsula? My distant relatives (four generations ago) were in the Leelanau Peninsula, near TRaverse City, and my daddy grew us up here in the Detroit area.. Motown ROCKS!
Hey, how about those Red Wings? We are hoping for good things!
Your picture cracks me up. I was thinking of putting something like that up, but decided to put m y sunburned face on here after a canoe trip with my son!
take care and God bless you
Dale Lardie

Thanks!

Jayne, I will be gald to help anytime.