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Short shadowing session
I shadowed Lisa today again on a case! Yay! To my surprise, the case was only 48 minutes lol. We started at 10 a.m. sharp and before we even had any sort of break at all, the lawyer announced he … Continue reading
Job Shadowing at the Federal Court
Cool beans! I got to shadow a court reporter today at a Federal Court trial. 😀 This doesn’t happen very often since special permission needs to be asked; students from our school typically sit in on cases at the reporting … Continue reading
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Tagged court reporting, federal court, job shadowing, realtime, steno
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A Look-back at Teaching Phoenix Theory at CCVS
It was a Thursday afternoon in late August 2012 when I received an e-mail from CCVS asking me if I was interested in teaching Phoenix Theory at the school. My first reaction after reading the e-mail was, “No way, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged CCVS, court reporting, court reporting students, memories, Phoenix Theory, steno, teaching, Toronto
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Job shadowing Lisa Lamberti
I shadowed another court reporter today. Yay! I’ve actually shadowed her before too, Lisa Lamberti, so it was quite nice when she came into the room and said, “Hi Karen! Good to see you again!” This was another examination for … Continue reading
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Job shadowing Teresa Forbes
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy, court reporting, job shadowing, practice, realtime court reporter, Teresa Forbes
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Ways to alleviate test anxiety
A student of mine just sent me an e-mail to ask me how to combat her testing anxiety. I offered the following e-mail and thought I would share with you here as well. If you are a court reporting student … Continue reading
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Tagged court reporting, court reporting students, nerves, nervous, passing tests, shaky hands, speed tests, steno, test anxiety, tips
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Job Shadowing Jade King on the Hong Kong Lamma Boat Inquiry
The following is a detailed recount of the experience that I had job shadowing Jade King. Last year when I met up with stenographer extraordinaire Jade King, I wasn’t able to job shadow her as planned. Instead, we were able … Continue reading
NCRA 2012 Convention and Exposition
I wrote this in September 2012 last year after I attended the NCRA Convention. Enjoy! On August 9-12, I travelled to Philadelphia to attend the NCRA 2012 Convention and Exposition. This is an annual event hosted by the NCRA (National … Continue reading
Meeting Jade, Steno Blogger and Court Reporter
This is a reflection piece I wrote for my court reporting school last year on February 8, 2012. The same piece is also located on my school’s blog: http://verbatimstudies.com/wp/?p=58 This winter holiday, I traveled to Hong Kong to visit my relatives. … Continue reading
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