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Teacher - Student Articles
The following essay by Jennie Brown, a student of Chattanooga State Technical, was submitted to NCRA as a part of their NCRA CASE student scholarship contest (Spring ‘07). Jennie’s words are very thoughtful and inspiring!
A Career That Lights My Fire
No human soul stands alone. We go to great lengths to stay connected. Telephone and cell phone commercials dominate the air waves. Every generation now uses email to stay in touch with friends and family. Millions of people brave holiday travel to be reunited with loved ones. The thread of similarity here is the need to talk with other people and know what is going on in the world around us.
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME
By: Leslie Peeples, RPR, CRI
Southwest Tennessee Community College
They take football very seriously at my hometown high school. Their hard work is evident. Our high school team has been to the state finals two of the last three years and is ranked number one in the state now. Their practice schedule is grueling. They practice a minimum of four hours a day, six days a week, ten months out of the year. Extensive workouts in the weight room take up the other two months.
TEACHER’S CORNER: Winter 2007
Submitted by Melissa Scheuermann, RPR
Tennessee Career College
When the students of TCC returned to school in 2007 after an extended break, they came back to classroom walls loaded with quotations. Hopefully they found inspiration from some, if not a chuckle from others.
Teacher's Corner: Fall 2007
Submitted by Melissa Scheuermann, RPR
Tennessee Career College
Knowledge is power.
Sir Francis Bacon
There is so much to learn about the wonderful world of court reporting that we can’t possibly cover it all while you’re in school.
THE TEACHER'S CORNER
Submitted by Laqueta Soule, CRI, CPE
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Happy 2008! By the time you read this article, we will be well into 2008. Will we have snow this winter? Will it be another dry year? Who knows? We cannot see into the future, and maybe that is a good thing.
THE TEACHER'S CORNER: Spring 2008
Submitted by Laqueta
Soule, CRI, CPE
Chattanooga State
Technical Community College
Have you ever had those pesky little vowel problems? Think back to elementary school: Did you learn to read using the phonics method or was it by sight or memorization? If you did not learn by phonics, you may have trouble "hearing" vowel sounds.
Life As A Beginning Reporting Student
Submitted by Katie Noe
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
I'm going to go ahead and say that when someone gets started in the field of court reporting/captioning, they will have NO idea what they are doing. I believe that this is the only field of work in the world where this is the case. Yes, you have a very vague idea (with "Court reporter? Isn't that the person that writes on a little machine?"
TENNESSEE REPORTING EDUCATOR RECEIVES NCRA CASE AWARD
A big KUDOS goes out to Laqueta A. Soule, CRI, CPE. Laqueta is an Assistant Professor of the Realtime Reporting Program at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, which consists of three concentrations: Judicial/Court Reporting, Broadcast Reporting, and CART Reporting.