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Steno Question No. 2

Many a shaft, at random sent, finds a mark the archer little meant! Sir Walter Scott

THE SITUATION: You are in 140 Literary, 140 Jury Charge, and 140 Testimony.

THE QUESTION: What should you practice to get the greatest gain?

Before we answer, please note that this is a general question. Some schools would not allow a student to be in 140 Literary, Jury Charge, and Testimony. In some schools, a student must pass 100 Literary, 120 Jury Charge, and 140 Testimony before moving to the next speed in any of the three categories. We think that that is the best system. Our answer will explain why.

THE ANSWER: Most states require 225 Testimony, but only 180 Literary. If you are in 140 Literary and 140 Testimony, you need Testimony drill. You are only 40 words away from 180 Literary, but you are 85 words away from 225 Testimony.

Hey, what about the Jury Charge?

It is unusual that a student's results in Jury Charge and Literary are the same. It is not a great deal of concern though. Jury Charge is nothing more than Literary with a lot of great briefs. If you don't use a lot of briefs, you may not find a great of difference between Literary and Jury Charge. You should be at least a little better at JC than Literary. After all, even people who swear that they don't use briefs usually do use a few of them in JC.

So if you are in 140 Lit, JC, and Q&A, work on the Testimony. You want to be passing 225 Testimonies at the same time that you re passing 180 Literaries.

P.S. On this page, these words are capped: Literary, Jury Charge, and Testimony. Why?

P.P.S. Do you agree with capping them?

P.P.P.S. Would your English teacher?