Well, I'm finally starting to relax in speed class. I know this may sound trivial, but simply moving to another desk has helped. During the first few classes, I was sitting front and center. Everyone was staring at the back of my head. I had to careen around whenever another student was talking - or be rude and just stare forward at the whiteboard. So I moved to a desk on the right side of the classroom and rotated sideways so I can see everyone.Also, I no longer freak out and panic when the instructor reads at 100 words per minute. I simply write what I can and jump ahead when I need to. Thankfully, she doesn't ask us to read back our notes at that speed. That would be torture.
At the end of every class we take an 80 wpm quiz. Those students who want to transcribe their notes do so. Since I'm still writing at 60 wpm, it seems senseless for me to transcribe my notes at this point. My goal is to be at 70 wpm by the end of October, and 80 wpm by the end of November. Sigh . . . I feel like I'm in control again.
I love that you're doing the best you can and then picking up with the speaker when your brain overloads. That's perfect technique!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I might suggest is just trying to transcribe the 80 wpm quiz once and see how it goes.
My school didn't let us start editing until 150/160 wpm, so we turned in takes first-pass no-edit until that point. While I think it helped maintain accuracy, I really didn't know how I wrote and what my common fingering errors were until just recently. Transcribing is always good practice. Congrats on getting your groove back!
You always give such great advice. I promise to give it "good ol' college try"!
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