. Business Journal . ain, ten or twenty times as yourteacher tells you, you will gain vastly more from it thanfrom writing one word ten or twenty times, then the next,and so on. Is a sentence made of one word only? Anyeight year old child could copy a word of shorthand ten times and do it as well as you if you do it that wayfor it is almost entirely mechanical, but when you write a dif-ferent word each time, thinking it out, then go over thewhole list in that way, I can safely guarantee that if youthink out each word as you write it, think why it is writtenso, you will know them,—pos
. Business Journal . ain, ten or twenty times as yourteacher tells you, you will gain vastly more from it thanfrom writing one word ten or twenty times, then the next,and so on. Is a sentence made of one word only? Anyeight year old child could copy a word of shorthand ten times and do it as well as you if you do it that wayfor it is almost entirely mechanical, but when you write a dif-ferent word each time, thinking it out, then go over thewhole list in that way, I can safely guarantee that if youthink out each word as you write it, think why it is writtenso, you will know them,—positively know them. If you dont,go to your teacher and tell him, for there is something cant think about the waist Mildred has on, or aboutwinning a place on the ball team while you think out the out-lines. That isnt the kind of work I mean. If the teachertells you to ose a pen, do it. Why do you go to him if hedoesnt understand his business better than you do? Stayaway and save your money—youll need Flora B. Pryor. Dont leave out your vowels. One young man informed mewhen he came into a class about half way through the book,that he hadnt learned much about vowels because a stenog-rapher told him he wouldnt use any when he went into officework. No, he really didnt learn any of the vowels, and heisnt working at shorthand ; he is driving a delivery wagonnow, and does fairly well at it! I realize just how dry and tiresome it is to have to learn along lesson, writing it out conscientiously, but you are simplypaying the price for the ability you will have later to do ex-cellent work and to feel that you are suiting your employera little better than anybody else possibly could. You pay theprice in tedious work, long hours and patience, but you are rewarded for you have something when you are through thatis worth while. If you do not do this, you pay the price inhaving difficulty to obtain a position or inability to do thework satisfactorily when you obtain it, and a
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