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The joyous news of a few more people passing their 80wpm or 100wpm exam arrived at approximately 6.18pm on Monday night.
I had passed 100wpm so was very happy - well done to the following clever beans:
Passing 80wpm:
Tamsin Eames
Passing 100wpm:
Steven Bell
Natasha Carter
Natasha David-Hilton
Daniel Etchells
Ryan Gallagher
Jessica Haworth
David Ingham
Alexandra Moerschner
Mushtaq Quraishi
Tom Redfern
Anna Winter
(If I’ve missed anyone off, please let me know!)
The Shorthand World Cup was also launched, much to the excitement of Jack and David who brought the coveted trophy down from the office under a jacket.
Some epic ties were lined up, including shorthand super champ John Dickens versus 100wpm 100% passer Marcus Chippindale, which saw the former sweep through to the second round with zero mistakes versus Marcus’ six.
Deborah Trickett didn’t quite grasp the concept of choosing the speed for her home tie against James Johnson – she took it to mean ‘what speed are you working at?’ which is 110wpm, whereas James is looking to pass 80wpm.
Cruel Debs, very cruel.
I got through to the second round after beating Steven Bell with one mistake at 100wpm compared to his five.
I now face the ‘People’s Champion’ – Mushtaq Quraishi. Eeek.
Whatever happens, it’s a good way of keeping everyone doing shorthand. Those who passed early might have stepped off the gas, and those who passed the last exam might be feeling sheer relief and wish to never see another outline again.
But with an epic trophy up for grabs, we’d be silly to wimp out now!
After I saw I had passed 100wpm, I was up for giving 110wpm a go on 16th December, my birthday. I had passed a few in class and just thought, what is there to lose?
Either way, I know how to celebrate.
As it turns out, the 110wpm text sounded nicer than the 100wpm text which was all about electricity and ‘power down’ – I hated it every time that Marie Cartwright said ‘power down day’ so god knows how they were feeling.
I await the results with mere curiosity – I think it’ll be a nice to pass but I’m not expecting to after a mini break off in the first passage.
Reading my notes back was a challenge – ‘only’ looked like ‘we are’ after writing it in such a hurry..
I counted all the words I’d written in longhand and was missing about 3.. so if I’ve got the rest of it right, I might be ok.. *laughter*
Post-exam, we went for a celebratory drink where most people kept asking about the key quote on 110wpm – it has to be between 25 and 35 words - it was dead on 35.
It must have been.
We were in agreement that it was a tough key quote because there was no real signpost to end it so it was a case of deciphering whether this manager of the expanding shopping centre had finished the key bit of what he wanted to say.
As a student of shorthand, who has seen her fair share of struggles on the road to 100wpm, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CLEAR. “It would be the best Christmas present to get my 110wpm, but if this isn’t possible, I will take an Audi R8. Preferably in silver, but if it has to be white, I won’t mind.” That is all I have to say on the matter.
35 words. Brilliant.
Fingers crossed fellow 110wpm attempting folk!
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