Following on from my ‘jobless’ post earlier this year, where I stated that I was feeling depressed and unmotivated, I’ve started an NCTJ Journalism Diploma. I’m now three weeks into the course and thoroughly enjoying every minute. Lectures, work experience, writing articles… the whole damn lot!
Shorthand is hard (I’m not going to deny that!). We have a shorthand lecture every morning, whereas others modules are covered by one lecture per week. Shorthand is almost becoming second nature to us. Almost… I mean, I’m still making mistakes here and there, and some symbols are so difficult to write that it’s probably just quicker to write the actual word at this stage.
