Setting up Goals In the court reporting field, we constantly have goals. As students, we want to get to 225! As workers, we want to get all caught up. Those are awesome goals. Any goal that we make for ourselves is admirable and important, as they keep us motivated and on the right path.  But when goals...

Welcome to Miami! Bienvenidos a Miami! ***Someone requested I write an article about this topic. So I did. If anyone has any requests, I’m always looking for something new to write about.*** I am constantly encouraging people to move to Miami. I usually give good reasons why, however, I usually...

“But I am not a morning person!” A lot of us have the duty of starting school first thing in the morning. Then, as soon as we graduate, we will be reporting legal proceedings. Some of us whom who are skilled enough will have the opportunity of steno-captioning for live news at 5 a.m. We, especially...

A Day in the Life of an Intern How does a student who has passed all her 225s get *killed* in a worker’s compensation deposition with an interpreter, interpreting in a language that the student is very familiar with? I’ll tell you how! By being distracted! I was so distracted the other day while...

Today one of the students in my class successfully passed two 225 qa exams. I’m so proud of her, and I hope everyone else is too. We, as students, are in pretty much the same boat. We are the very few people in this planet that can relate to the ups and downs of stenography. That’s why we...

New Year’s Resolution aka Sacrafice II (Court Reporting VII) This last week I deleted my myspace and my facebook. For those who don’t know, these are addictive social communities. It’s being in highschool all over again! These “communities” were taking too much of my time....

Catching up! We all have those weeks were we can go a solid three days without practicing. I know I just had one this week! I didn’t practice from Saturday until Wednesday!  Just because I write a blog doesn’t make me a good example! When we get back to the machine, we feel pretty guilty....

Sacrifices. Anything worth doing, having, being requires sacrifices. I tell myself everyday that I need to make more sacrifices when it comes to steno. If I was trying to lose weight, I would have to stop eating snickerdoodles. If you are having sleeping problems, stop the caffeine. If you are trying...

Most people think typing at 225 words per minute is super easy! I mean, they really do. When you tell them you are going to court reporting school, they say “Wow! Great! That’s a good field!” but then they secretly wonder why you are not in a college of some sort. Two months later,...