Yesterday I ran into a few words I had a hard time with so I'm adding them to my flashcards:
appropriate - PROEPT
determine - TKERPL
emphasis - EFRP/SEUS
incumbent - EUPB/KUPL/PWEPBT
legislate - HREGT
legislative - HREGT/T*EUF
legislature - LEJ/SLAEU/KHUR
There are now 292 flashcards in the Jury Charge/Q&A Briefs and Phrases Flashcard Set.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Day Eight - I'm Alive!
I know you all haven't heard from me in sometime because of the fact I headed out to see some family. I stayed with my aunt with my mother so we could play with my baby cousin. He is growing up so fast and he is trying to get my name down. I'm 'MAOEU MAOEU' in sound, which for those who aren't in my theory is sort of like 'My My'. I think its sort of cute, but it makes me irritated that on Sunday he got my brother's name down in one try. Then again, my brother usually doesn't give him attention and cruelly ignores how desperate the baby wants to play with him. So the baby has to work extra hard to get his attention.
Saturday night was torture though. I didn't realize my aunt was addicted to leaving the wood burning stove on at night to keep the house warm and leaving the floor heaters on. I realize she lives in the mountains and it gets really cold there, but my goodness we were baking. She also leaves the baby's music on and turns up the baby monitor, so we have to hear it too at night. I didn't sleep at all, because my nose stuffed up from the wood burning all night long and how hot it was. I ended up on the couch, but hey I finally got to play with my baby cousin and he enjoyed it.
He didn't realize we had stayed the night though, and I scared the bajeebers out of him when I snuck up behind him and ticked his sides. He thought it was hilarious, and had a good time throwing pillows, showing us the rabbits and horses outside, and running around. I guess we wore him out so much that when he went to his grandparents house after we left he crashed out on their floor. That's really hard to do too! Usually he gets second wind and starts terrorizing the house. I felt proud.
I had school the next day so I didn't get on. I was too busy trying to get my stuff together, like my new Hello Kitty binder since my old limegreen one fell apart, and figuring out what to take and what not to take. Of course, I took my dictionaries and my finger drill book but I left my theory books behind. It felt really weird, and it was funny to know that the other girls brought their theory books along with them just because it was weird not having their books in their bag.
I am so happy that my work load has downsized, so I have a lot more time to practice on my own. Instead of having rip and read due every day we head into class we only have it due on the next Monday after it was assigned. We have five hours of audio due, which means 1 hour on Monday, 2 hours on Wednesday, and 3 hours on Frinday. Whats great about it is that we have choice from our school's audio database online! No more audio CD's with a freaking monotone voice. On top of that we have 2 weeks to turn in transcript takes instead of just one week, so we have more time for everything so we can focus on weak points in our writing if we want to. I'm so thrilled! Now I realize why the higher-speed students looked at us with pity. They were so much more independent than we were and free from the iron, guiding hand of theory.
Today I have to get 3 hours done of audio done before tomorrow, but hurrah I get to choose what I want to turn in now!
Saturday night was torture though. I didn't realize my aunt was addicted to leaving the wood burning stove on at night to keep the house warm and leaving the floor heaters on. I realize she lives in the mountains and it gets really cold there, but my goodness we were baking. She also leaves the baby's music on and turns up the baby monitor, so we have to hear it too at night. I didn't sleep at all, because my nose stuffed up from the wood burning all night long and how hot it was. I ended up on the couch, but hey I finally got to play with my baby cousin and he enjoyed it.
He didn't realize we had stayed the night though, and I scared the bajeebers out of him when I snuck up behind him and ticked his sides. He thought it was hilarious, and had a good time throwing pillows, showing us the rabbits and horses outside, and running around. I guess we wore him out so much that when he went to his grandparents house after we left he crashed out on their floor. That's really hard to do too! Usually he gets second wind and starts terrorizing the house. I felt proud.
I had school the next day so I didn't get on. I was too busy trying to get my stuff together, like my new Hello Kitty binder since my old limegreen one fell apart, and figuring out what to take and what not to take. Of course, I took my dictionaries and my finger drill book but I left my theory books behind. It felt really weird, and it was funny to know that the other girls brought their theory books along with them just because it was weird not having their books in their bag.
I am so happy that my work load has downsized, so I have a lot more time to practice on my own. Instead of having rip and read due every day we head into class we only have it due on the next Monday after it was assigned. We have five hours of audio due, which means 1 hour on Monday, 2 hours on Wednesday, and 3 hours on Frinday. Whats great about it is that we have choice from our school's audio database online! No more audio CD's with a freaking monotone voice. On top of that we have 2 weeks to turn in transcript takes instead of just one week, so we have more time for everything so we can focus on weak points in our writing if we want to. I'm so thrilled! Now I realize why the higher-speed students looked at us with pity. They were so much more independent than we were and free from the iron, guiding hand of theory.
Today I have to get 3 hours done of audio done before tomorrow, but hurrah I get to choose what I want to turn in now!
Yes! Yes!
I didn't realize why my school called theory bootcamp. I thought everyone had to do as much work as we do. Its amazing being in 60-80!
Our rip and read is due every Monday now instead of everyday we go to class. We don't have a book, we have handouts for rip and read, so no more $230 books. Our requirements handouts are due only on Monday, so no more handouts everyday. We have 2 weeks to turn in transcripts instead of only one week, so no more fighting over who gets the computers and who doesn't. We have 2 teachers instead of one teacher, so now we get to be exposed to more voices. We have an audio database now instead of dictation tapes with one single voice.
Oh, and the best thing is audio isn't piled on us anymore and we can choose what we want to work on from our database. We have 1 hour of audio due on Mondays, 2 hours of audio due on Wednesday, and 3 hours of audio due on Friday. Sure, its more audio but I can choose.
Isn't it nice when you realize you're not being lead by the hand anymore, and why all the other students in higher speeds look at theory students with pity because they're more independent?
Our rip and read is due every Monday now instead of everyday we go to class. We don't have a book, we have handouts for rip and read, so no more $230 books. Our requirements handouts are due only on Monday, so no more handouts everyday. We have 2 weeks to turn in transcripts instead of only one week, so no more fighting over who gets the computers and who doesn't. We have 2 teachers instead of one teacher, so now we get to be exposed to more voices. We have an audio database now instead of dictation tapes with one single voice.
Oh, and the best thing is audio isn't piled on us anymore and we can choose what we want to work on from our database. We have 1 hour of audio due on Mondays, 2 hours of audio due on Wednesday, and 3 hours of audio due on Friday. Sure, its more audio but I can choose.
Isn't it nice when you realize you're not being lead by the hand anymore, and why all the other students in higher speeds look at theory students with pity because they're more independent?
Friday, March 25, 2011
Day Seven - Frustration, Frustration, Frustration
Yesterday really sucked. I decided I was going to go for perfect notes from my Legal Terminology book. The chapter I was going over, chapter one, was going over different courts and had terms in it like 'writ of certiorari' and was impossible. I was very frustrated when I had it all done and perfect in the vertical notes, only to realize all notes you make even if you didn't save them into the file are recorded and save into manage notes.
I was unsure how to fix this and posted a very frustrated post on Depoman, hoping that I'd wake up the next morning and get some nice answers. Unfortunately when I checked this morning I didn't get a lot of responses except from a few select few I know I can always depend on when I have a question, and bless their souls for putting up with me and my sick, twisted sense of humor and comic relief. The rest didn't exactly like my Jeff Dunham reference joke and took that as anti-sentiment towards Stenograph. Cindi, who is very popular and well liked, was kind enough to stand up for me. She understood I was just frustrated and was trying to laugh it off.
They don't seem to understand that I know there's a lot of Stenograph representatives and people there, but when I critic a company or software I don't base it in their power or the people behind it. I base it on if the software works and if the services it provides are good for what I need it for. I was mostly frustrated because I couldn't follow their help desk guide to manage notes, which failed to mention that the manage notes features were not included and I couldn't fix them unless I had a professional version. I soon explained that, but if that doesn't cool things over I always have my trusty blog. If they don't like what I have here, don't read!
I'm not shy about my opinions. I deal with and understand others' opinions well enough, I don't see why they can't deal with mine. Oh well, I just take it at face value and move on. I come out of it a little bit wiser and nothing is better than honesty. Honesty is the best policy, and hiding behind political correctness isn't my way. I suppose I'm always leaning too much weight on broken reeds, but its never done me harm.
As for today, the good news was I got a 4.0 on my grades this quarter! I got A's on all my classes, and got even an A+ in my Legal Terminology class. Its fantastic to know I did well, even though I took an extra class that pretty much sucked the life out of me. Instead of only taking the usual 3 classes, I took 4 because it was the same price as 3 and I figured I'd have the time. Boy was I wrong, but somehow I made it though. "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then go find someone who's life has given them vodka and have a party." -Ron White
Anyway, I did some updates and tomorrow I'm heading out to go see my aunt and her precious baby. I love that kid, he's my world. Though I admit he scares me to death. He's only 2-years-old and already knows how to get his own food, thinks he can cook, fetches his mother steak knives (OMG!!), and one day decided it would be funny to throw a flashlight through his grandparent's window. I just hope my machine doesn't get the brunt of the damage one day... If he snapped the keys of my laptop I'd probably snap his fingers. (Not really)
I was unsure how to fix this and posted a very frustrated post on Depoman, hoping that I'd wake up the next morning and get some nice answers. Unfortunately when I checked this morning I didn't get a lot of responses except from a few select few I know I can always depend on when I have a question, and bless their souls for putting up with me and my sick, twisted sense of humor and comic relief. The rest didn't exactly like my Jeff Dunham reference joke and took that as anti-sentiment towards Stenograph. Cindi, who is very popular and well liked, was kind enough to stand up for me. She understood I was just frustrated and was trying to laugh it off.
They don't seem to understand that I know there's a lot of Stenograph representatives and people there, but when I critic a company or software I don't base it in their power or the people behind it. I base it on if the software works and if the services it provides are good for what I need it for. I was mostly frustrated because I couldn't follow their help desk guide to manage notes, which failed to mention that the manage notes features were not included and I couldn't fix them unless I had a professional version. I soon explained that, but if that doesn't cool things over I always have my trusty blog. If they don't like what I have here, don't read!
I'm not shy about my opinions. I deal with and understand others' opinions well enough, I don't see why they can't deal with mine. Oh well, I just take it at face value and move on. I come out of it a little bit wiser and nothing is better than honesty. Honesty is the best policy, and hiding behind political correctness isn't my way. I suppose I'm always leaning too much weight on broken reeds, but its never done me harm.
As for today, the good news was I got a 4.0 on my grades this quarter! I got A's on all my classes, and got even an A+ in my Legal Terminology class. Its fantastic to know I did well, even though I took an extra class that pretty much sucked the life out of me. Instead of only taking the usual 3 classes, I took 4 because it was the same price as 3 and I figured I'd have the time. Boy was I wrong, but somehow I made it though. "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then go find someone who's life has given them vodka and have a party." -Ron White
Anyway, I did some updates and tomorrow I'm heading out to go see my aunt and her precious baby. I love that kid, he's my world. Though I admit he scares me to death. He's only 2-years-old and already knows how to get his own food, thinks he can cook, fetches his mother steak knives (OMG!!), and one day decided it would be funny to throw a flashlight through his grandparent's window. I just hope my machine doesn't get the brunt of the damage one day... If he snapped the keys of my laptop I'd probably snap his fingers. (Not really)
Flashcards Update: New Flashcard Sets
I added a couple new flashcard sets today. I would have told you earlier today if it hadn't been for blogger deciding to delete the flashcard page instead, and so I had to go back and repair it completely. Sorry its not as good as it used to be; it sure looked cool, but for some reason blogger is refusing to allow me to change the font on the table. We'll have to deal with it for now.
The first new flashcard set is StenED Contractions. They cover words like 'hereto,' 'whereabouts,' 'anything', 'anybody,' etc. They are from lesson 39 in the StenEd book, and so I flagged the ones that were most important according to my teacher and mandatory to memorize. They all will come around one time or another, so memorizing them is probably a good idea for everyone. There are a total of 92 flashcards.
The second new flashcard set isn't exactly new. It is Sten Ed High Frequency Phrases, and only covers multiple-word briefs and phrases, mandatory contractions, and mandatory compounds. This should make it easier for those who only want to practice those that are required by their teachers and theories. Its a total of 232 flashcards. I'll go through and flag the more important phrases, contractions, and compounds for those who have limited time.
My set StenED's High Frequency Words and Phrases also got updated and has a total of 471 flashcards in it due to the added compounds like I said I would, but I flagged the more important ones so they are separated from the others. The required words and phrases only include 224 cards, so if you have limited time only do the flagged ones. That's a lot of flashcard updates for those who use them. Hope you enjoy!
The first new flashcard set is StenED Contractions. They cover words like 'hereto,' 'whereabouts,' 'anything', 'anybody,' etc. They are from lesson 39 in the StenEd book, and so I flagged the ones that were most important according to my teacher and mandatory to memorize. They all will come around one time or another, so memorizing them is probably a good idea for everyone. There are a total of 92 flashcards.
The second new flashcard set isn't exactly new. It is Sten Ed High Frequency Phrases, and only covers multiple-word briefs and phrases, mandatory contractions, and mandatory compounds. This should make it easier for those who only want to practice those that are required by their teachers and theories. Its a total of 232 flashcards. I'll go through and flag the more important phrases, contractions, and compounds for those who have limited time.
My set StenED's High Frequency Words and Phrases also got updated and has a total of 471 flashcards in it due to the added compounds like I said I would, but I flagged the more important ones so they are separated from the others. The required words and phrases only include 224 cards, so if you have limited time only do the flagged ones. That's a lot of flashcard updates for those who use them. Hope you enjoy!
Flashcard Update: Flagging Flashcards
So I realized today I tend to add a lot of words in that may not be so important or mandatory. I decided to use the flag feature a little bit more so that I could separate some others, especially in the vastly popular Jury Charge and Q&A section and the High Frequency Briefs and Phrases section.
In the Jury Charge section I flagged the mandatory and recommended briefs from my teacher and assignments. So instead of doing a total 285 briefs and phrases that could be useful, but not necessarily needed, you can do a shorter route and only do 244 briefs and phrases which are vastly important. I hope this helps out for those who don't have as much time as I do to warm up.
In the High Frequency Briefs and Phrases section I mostly checked phrases, contractions, and words that are combined like 'everywhere', 'somewhere', and 'everything.' People really mess up on those so instead of doing a total of 376 briefs, phrases, and words you can go down to only 175 phrases and briefs. These will be very helpful, and again will help out those who don't have as much time as I do to warm up.
I'm also going to add all the combined words like 'everywhere', 'somewhere', and 'everything. in a few minutes in a new flashcard set and in the High Frequency Briefs and Phrases set. These are high frequency and very important to memorize according to my teacher.
In the Jury Charge section I flagged the mandatory and recommended briefs from my teacher and assignments. So instead of doing a total 285 briefs and phrases that could be useful, but not necessarily needed, you can do a shorter route and only do 244 briefs and phrases which are vastly important. I hope this helps out for those who don't have as much time as I do to warm up.
In the High Frequency Briefs and Phrases section I mostly checked phrases, contractions, and words that are combined like 'everywhere', 'somewhere', and 'everything.' People really mess up on those so instead of doing a total of 376 briefs, phrases, and words you can go down to only 175 phrases and briefs. These will be very helpful, and again will help out those who don't have as much time as I do to warm up.
I'm also going to add all the combined words like 'everywhere', 'somewhere', and 'everything. in a few minutes in a new flashcard set and in the High Frequency Briefs and Phrases set. These are high frequency and very important to memorize according to my teacher.
Update Flashcards: Jury Charge/Q&A
I just did an update to my Jury Charge and Q/A lists. I found a new more briefs from Case Catalyst's brief it by writing from my Legal Terminology book. I'm finding a lot of good briefs that will probably come up in the future.
appellate – PAELT
appellate court – PL-KT
certiorari – SERS/RAIR
court of appeals – KPAELS
executive – KPEBG/T*EUF
federal court – FROURT
legislative – LEGT/*EUF
state government – STKPWOFT
superior – SPER/YOR
supreme court – SPOURT
Were added to StenEd Conflict Free Jury Charge/Q&A Briefs and Phrases on March 25, 2011 at 1:48 PM PST. These briefs were from StenEd's Brief It only green words, which means they are official from the theory dictionary only. There are now a total of 285 Flashcards in this set.
appellate – PAELT
appellate court – PL-KT
certiorari – SERS/RAIR
court of appeals – KPAELS
executive – KPEBG/T*EUF
federal court – FROURT
legislative – LEGT/*EUF
state government – STKPWOFT
superior – SPER/YOR
supreme court – SPOURT
Were added to StenEd Conflict Free Jury Charge/Q&A Briefs and Phrases on March 25, 2011 at 1:48 PM PST. These briefs were from StenEd's Brief It only green words, which means they are official from the theory dictionary only. There are now a total of 285 Flashcards in this set.
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