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Do Schools Even Teach Shorthand Any More?
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:21 pm
I don't see a need for it. Back in the day though, shorthand was part of the 'business' curriculum and only females took it. Someone wanted to dictate a letter, the secretary took it down in shorthand and typed it for the boss.
Here's an example.....
Here's an example.....
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Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:22 pm to beejon
I didn't even know that existed.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:24 pm to beejon
I've never seen that goddamn tomfoolery in any school I've ever been in. Keep it away.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:25 pm to beejon
Gregg shorthand was the most popular, if I remember correctly.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:25 pm to beejon
That is the handwriting of satan.
May god have mercy on your soul.
May god have mercy on your soul.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:25 pm to beejon
I didn't know they ever did. No one uses that anyway outside of journalists and secretaries.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:26 pm to beejon
I know a few reporters who still use it for post game quotes. Much faster than listening to a recording when you're working on an 11 pm deadline after a game that ended at 10:15.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:27 pm to beejon
My Grandmother used to write my birthday cards in a similar form; I always thought it was due to her shakes.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:31 pm to beejon
1- police baton
2- side view of asscrack
3- bird carrying rock
4- w
5- check mark
6- large bird carrying rock
7- pipe
8- bird carrying rock
9- dash
10- toenail clipper
11- backwards "1"
12- dash
13- overly large 'W'
14- check
15- creature from "alien" movies
16- needle
17- upsdie down "y"
18- hockey stick and puck
19- arrowhead
20- man lying down with hefty boner
21- fishing pole
22- scissors
23- trident
24- dot
25- scythe
26- w
27- pelican
28- fishing rod with x
29- dash
30- propeller
31- flat "w"
32- stretched out "u"
33- bird
34-dot
35- y
36- kite
2- side view of asscrack
3- bird carrying rock
4- w
5- check mark
6- large bird carrying rock
7- pipe
8- bird carrying rock
9- dash
10- toenail clipper
11- backwards "1"
12- dash
13- overly large 'W'
14- check
15- creature from "alien" movies
16- needle
17- upsdie down "y"
18- hockey stick and puck
19- arrowhead
20- man lying down with hefty boner
21- fishing pole
22- scissors
23- trident
24- dot
25- scythe
26- w
27- pelican
28- fishing rod with x
29- dash
30- propeller
31- flat "w"
32- stretched out "u"
33- bird
34-dot
35- y
36- kite
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:33 pm to beejon
No, shite man, I think you get your arse kicked if you write something like that man.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:35 pm to beejon
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:45 pm to beejon
Court reporters hit the 5 keys on those machines and can read a question back from those marks on the page. It's crazy.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:59 pm to beejon
I don't think it'd be too hard to learn to read it, but to write that in real-time...
I can type steadily at about 105wpm, but I can't write fast with a pen without my hand cramping up in two sentences.
I can type steadily at about 105wpm, but I can't write fast with a pen without my hand cramping up in two sentences.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:40 am to beejon
No it isn't taught anymore. I took shorthand and used it during tha 13 years I worked in the business field. Sad that schools don't even teach cursive hand writing anymore either.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 2:52 am to beejon
Never learned that or have had experience with it
Posted on 1/24/15 at 3:18 pm to beejon
Years ago colleges offered degrees in "Secretarial Science". My late mom graduated with that degree. Till the day she died,she could write and transcribe it. It was also amazing to see her type 80+ words per minute on an old manual typewriter.
She had some great stories about secretarial pools at military bases during WWII.
She had some great stories about secretarial pools at military bases during WWII.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 3:25 pm to beejon
That looks infinitely more difficult than just writing things down normally.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 3:28 pm to beejon
This would have been a lame thread 30 years ago. All the ballers with dictaphones would have been laughing at you.
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