Today, I got to job shadow Teresa Forbes for the second time. She’s a realtime court reporter who has worked for many many years. The first time I heard of her was actually the very first day I also saw a steno machine demonstration and tried out one for the first time. It was at the Open House in March of 2009 at my court reporting school. I had called ahead of time for the 5 pm slot, and when I got there, I sat in a room to wait for the demonstration to start. I remember sitting there with other potential students and reading through the information package that they gave us. In this info package was also articles about successful court reporters, and in the featured article was Teresa Forbes. (This was the exact article I read. ) Who would have known that one day I’d get to job shadow her? Continue reading
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