For over a year, the Court Reporting Students' Online Support Center had a message board running. Here are some of the best postings from that site. These have been selected by me, but are not necessarily posts that I agree with. They are posts that I thought were thought-provoking and which might answer questions that future students could have. Posts that related to personal circumstances only, or which were simple expressions of endorsement or criticism, were not considered. Some of the posts have been edited to remove chit-chat.
I have attempted to ask each poster for permission to archive their posts. If there was no e-mail address posted, I couldn't ask permission. If you see a post here that you've written that you would like removed, please let me know.
Because there were so many posts, I have divided them into two categories. Each page is very long, but since they're plain text, they should load fairly quickly. The formatting is also perhaps rough, but at least the information is there.
Enjoy! And if you're looking for current conversation, please proceed to Kathy Dittmeier's Student Support Center, located at her excellent Machine Shorthand Information Site.