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Post by shanniebananie on Feb 16, 2020 22:37:05 GMT
Watching an old movie where the secretary is asked to take a memo. This got me wondering if you learned shorthand in school. I didn’t but my sister did. She is now 48 and graduated in 1990. I wonder when it stopped being taught in school.
Did you learn shorthand? Do you still use it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 22:38:19 GMT
I had a science teacher who taught it and mandated its use. I’m disappointed I didn’t retain it. I’m 39. I am the only one my age I know who was ever taught it.
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Post by busy on Feb 16, 2020 22:39:42 GMT
I'm 46 and graduated in 1991. Shorthand was not taught in any of my schools and was considered out of date when I was in school.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 16, 2020 22:42:22 GMT
I finished high school in 1985, and shorthand wasn't taught then. I did typing in about Year 9, and I think my year level was one of the last to do typing. I wish I'd learnt shorthand, there are plenty of times when it would have come in handy over the years, for example when taking minutes in meetings at work, or writing down a recipe from the radio or TV, without having to pause and write, pause and write, pause and write.....
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Post by cristelina on Feb 16, 2020 22:46:39 GMT
61 and I did not take short hand. I went to a Catholic High School and was in the college track. I wonder if the secretarial track taught it at the time?
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Post by gar on Feb 16, 2020 22:50:17 GMT
My sister learned in the UK - she’s 55. She’s a PA now but I can’t imagine she uses it these days.
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Post by julie5 on Feb 16, 2020 22:54:42 GMT
I learned it in high school, graduated in 95. I’ve never used it since.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Feb 16, 2020 22:57:42 GMT
When I was in high school I thought I wanted to be a secretary and took shorthand for 1 year. I wasn't very good at it and have never used it beyond my high school class. I graduated in 1978.
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Post by ilovesmores on Feb 16, 2020 23:05:35 GMT
I never learned it but my grandma used it all the time at home when she didn’t want anyone snooping at her lists (like at Christmas)
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Post by Baseballmom23 on Feb 16, 2020 23:10:33 GMT
I graduated in 1981 and I took two years of shorthand. I went to an all girls catholic college prep school. I used it in college to take notes. I've used it throughout my work life.
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Post by peasapie on Feb 16, 2020 23:17:01 GMT
Yep. After college I went to the Katharine Gibbs school in Manhattan for a program called "Entree." It was for women with a degree who wanted secretarial skills to get into the corporate world. Can you IMAGINE that happening now?
I learned shorthand, typing, and English grammar (which was hilarious as my BA was in English) and they had a personal care class where we were taught how to wear makeup and fix our hair. (As if we didn't know how to do these things.)
My parents thought this class was a good idea and it was only six months so I did it. And it did get me into a large ad agency in NYC where I worked as a copywriter and then an account manager. I wonder if I could have done that anyway... so yeah - gregg shorthand!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 23:22:05 GMT
I finished high school in 1985, and shorthand wasn't taught then. I did typing in about Year 9, and I think my year level was one of the last to do typing. I wish I'd learnt shorthand, there are plenty of times when it would have come in handy over the years, for example when taking minutes in meetings at work, or writing down a recipe from the radio or TV, without having to pause and write, pause and write, pause and write..... I graduated in 1999 and I had to take typing in 7th grade.
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Post by quinlove on Feb 16, 2020 23:23:14 GMT
Graduated in 1968 from a Catholic High School. I took two years of typing and shorthand. After HS, I worked in an office at the Junior College for about 10 years. I used both skills at that job. The typing really helps with keyboards now.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Feb 16, 2020 23:25:40 GMT
When I was in high school (mid nineties), there was a course offered which, if memory serves, was called superwrite. It was some version of some shorthand; you could tell who was in the class because they always had a steno book in which to practice. I never took it, though. I just note that it was still being offered then, although I guess that's coming up on thirty years pretty soon.
ETA: did not take typing; however, my middle school had a computer lab, so we took a keyboarding class in... 6th grade? Very late 80s there. Anyone remember programming turtle on an Apple IIe?
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 16, 2020 23:27:17 GMT
63 and I didn't take shorthand in high school. I'm not sure it was even offered. Just this weekend though I ran across my mom's shorthand book from when she took it in the early 1950's.
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Post by natscraps on Feb 16, 2020 23:30:09 GMT
Graduated in 98. There was an office skills class I took as an elective for one semester that taught some shorthand. There were also level 2 and 3 classes you could take which taught you even more of it. I didn't retain any of it. Like they say, use it or lose it.
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Post by Patter on Feb 16, 2020 23:30:26 GMT
Yep! I still have my textbook too. I love it, and I need to practice because I find it could still come in handy for me sometimes. I can never understand my scribbles because sometimes I have to write too fast. If it were in shorthand, I could read it. Hmmm, when should I study my old book again? I will be 55 in June.
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Post by SweetieBugs on Feb 16, 2020 23:35:32 GMT
My best friend took it as an elective in high school (I took accounting) back in 1983. We were roommates in college and took some classes together. I was always amazed and envious at how quickly she could take class notes in shorthand and the writing was so pretty looking!! It seemed like a good skill to have. Of course now kids use computers and type much quicker than people can write.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Feb 16, 2020 23:37:50 GMT
I graduated HS in '84 and took it for 2 years as part of the college prep curriculum. I did use it in college and to take notes in meeting during my career. I've been a SAHM for 21 years now and don't really use it except during the holidays. I will jot something down in shorthand if DH or my kids mention a gift idea and then add it to my gift tracker app later.
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Post by quinlove on Feb 16, 2020 23:39:13 GMT
When you, general you, write a note - do you write or print ? I always write, it’s so much quicker. Always.
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Post by purplebee on Feb 16, 2020 23:59:33 GMT
Yes. Went to Catholic HS in NY, graduated in 1969, and took Pittman Shorthand, which was unusual as most secretarial courses taught the Gregg Method. Went to work after HS in Manhattan, and used it for many years. I never liked it, hated to “read it back” but it definitely was a plus to be able to take dictation. The world has certainly changed!
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Post by fitzy on Feb 17, 2020 0:20:44 GMT
Yes. I learned it at college as a legal secretary / paralegal back in 1980. I was a much better typist and did much better doing my transcription with a dictaphone. Eventually I became a software developer but took my notes with shorthand mixed in. Over the years and now the manager of software developers, I now write less and less shorthand. Though I still remember some words. I still have my Gregg books so could be fun to brush up.
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Post by mimima on Feb 17, 2020 1:50:14 GMT
I'm 47 and took it in High School. I still use it now and then.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 17, 2020 2:02:45 GMT
My mom learned it. She graduated in 1965. It was dying by the time I was in high school.
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Post by cmpeter on Feb 17, 2020 2:12:41 GMT
I graduated high school in 1984. Shorthand was not offered at my school.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 2:16:42 GMT
I graduated high school in 81 and took it my senior year. When I started community college for my secretarial degree in 1994, 3 semesters of shorthand were required. I think we were one of the last classes to take it. We had so much homework in that class. We had to "write" a chapter a day, plus listen and transcribe 4 hours of cassette tapes (remember those?) a week. I could take dictation at 110-120 words a minute. I have never used it in the workplace.
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Post by Lexica on Feb 17, 2020 2:21:17 GMT
I was taught shorthand in school and worked really hard to master it. Unfortunately, I did. That really ended up screwing me over a bit when I decided to get into court reporting and had to forget all the blends and things I had worked so hard on memorizing and replace them with the shorthand language of the machine. I felt knowing regular shorthand was a detriment in my case. I couldn’t read any shorthand now if I tried because I did such a good job of washing it out of my head. I haven’t used my steno machine in about 10 years, but I could pick up a tape and read it right away. It would be interesting to try to take dictation on my machine again. If I could remember which closet I put it into.
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Post by Peamac on Feb 17, 2020 3:05:44 GMT
I had two years of typing and two years of shorthand in high school. I used it some in college to take notes, a little for work back then, but just remember a few abbreviations that I still use. I loved it, mostly because of the great teacher I had! I'm 52yo.
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Post by librarylady on Feb 17, 2020 3:07:00 GMT
I was in HS in the 60s. Those on the "office worker" track could take shorthand.
I was on the "college" track and we were offered a class called Notehand. It was shorthand for the most often used phrases in college that we might want to know to make the process faster. I did use it in college. I sometimes still use the mark for "and" and "because" and "to" just because it does make things go faster.
FWIW, my writing is always in cursive, never printing.
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Post by anothermom2two on Feb 17, 2020 3:24:16 GMT
I learned it in 1980. Never really used it too much for taking notes, but I do like to use my name written in Gregg Shorthand when I'm signing my name on pots that I've thrown or other art projects.😊
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