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Soooo I’ve been trying to get past the hurdle of 90wpm for ooo.. two weeks now?
It’s nothing short of frustrating when you go up to the test room for a reading, all psyched up and thinking “This is MY time” (at the risk of sounding like an entrant on Over The Rainbow) only to hear you were nowhere near passing.
Me: How many mistakes am I allowed over the two minutes?
Paul: I’d say about five, maybe six.
Me: Hmm.. I’m hearing what you’re saying, but how do you feel about, say, 18?
Paul: Not reeeaaally, I mean, it’s not even close. Just try another check and you’ll get there eventually.
*despondent me trudges back to my seat and sighs*
Paul says it’s like the driving test – you will pass it eventually, it just takes time and a few attempts.
I passed my driving test first time, so as you can imagine, this is just plain annoying.
On a brighter note, the paper recycling bin is occupied with my failed attempts, so effectively I’m saving trees by constantly failing. Aaw.
A fellow member of the 90wpm club, Jessica, complained of having ‘death by shorthand’ early in the week, and even needed Wednesday off to recover from said disease!*
Jess also broke a 90wpm club record (as far as I know) with 83 mistakes. Pretty epic, but surely she must have got seven words right. Little victories!
This week sees the return of the Shorthand Hair feature – this time it is even more amazing. A hair on the tiles in my bathroom formed the hospital special outline (which I already love anyway) so I had to share it.
Shorthand Hospital Hair
Some of the comedians in our class got reprimanded this week for renaming the shorthand folders on the shared space.. tut tut!
Saying that, I did laugh each time I saw “I love shorthand” changed to “DEATH” and “Cartwright” changed to “Cartwrong”.
Ahem.. however, it was very naughty. Don’t do it again kids!
Come back next week for another edition of “I can’t get past 90wpm and if the windows opened wide enough, I’d be jumping out of them”
Hmm.. that is incredibly negative so in the interest of being positive, I’ll just smile and assume I’ll be joining the 100wpm club next week.
We can all dream..
*I am, of course, joking.. she was actually ill, and missed our awesome features talk in the process.. gutted!
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