Friday Phrases
Court Reporter Spotted: Liar Liar
Stenspiration™
Steno Challenge: Editing From Your Computer Screen Vs. Editing From Paper
Medical Monday: Thalamus
According to Healthline.com: “The thalamus is located deep within the brain in the cerebral cortex, adjacent to the hypothalamus. It is…perched on top of the brain stem and either side of the third cortex…Its chief function is processing information going to and from the spinal cord and cerebrum. It also controls sleep, consciousness, and alertness…The thalamus receives information from every sensory system, apart from the olfactory system, which it then sends to the relevant cortical area.”
Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: thalamus= THAL/A/MUS
OPTION #2: thalamus= THAL/M*US
Dictionary Builder: Petard
I Love Steno: The Student Edition: Helpful Anxiety vs. Harmful Anxiety
As a student, the cycle of peaks, plateaus, and valleys can cause an emergence of nervousness and anxiety. This can be beneficial, or it could be detrimental. According to studies, there is “helpful anxiety” and “harmful anxiety.”
In “How The Brain Learns,” the author David A. Sousa states the following: “[The] level of concern refers to how much the student cares about the learning. We used to think that if students had anxiety about learning, then little or no learning occurred. But there is helpful anxiety (desire to do well) and there is harmful anxiety (feeling threatened). Having anxiety about your job performance will usually get you to put forth more effort to obtain positive results. When you are concerned about being more effective (helpful anxiety), you are likely to learn and try new strategies. This is an example of how emotions can increase learning…
As the level of concern increases, so does the degree of learning. If the stress level gets too high, our focus shifts to the emotions and the consequences generated by the stress, and learning fades. Students need a certain level of concern to stimulate their efforts to learn. When there is no concern, there is little or no learning. But if there is too much concern, anxiety shuts down the learning process and adverse emotions take over.”
Remember, keep an appropriate level of concern but RELAX and HAVE FUN!
Love, Speed & Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
Friday Phrases
did there come a point= DROIPT or DROINT
did there come a point in time= DROIMT or DROINLT
did there come a time= DROIM
did there come a time when= DWOIM
did there come a time when the= DWOIMT
did there come a time where= DWOIRM
did there come a time where the= DWOIRMT
did there ever come a time= DROIFRM