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Well, I've signed up at a semi-local community college for a review of what court reporting, captioning and other related jobs are like, and what the job opportunities are and what the college's coursework is. It starts in about a month, and I've paid up for it already. No books required at this point. It's not Theory. Theory is when you learn the finger moves and the shorthand system. Kind of like when we all learned how to type in high school. It's going to be a LOT of boring repetition, but I deal with that in daily life anyway.

I might drive down there this week to see what the drive is like, in case I decide not to do online coursework. I think I'd do better OUT of the house than IN the house trying not to be distracted. 

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[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good way to check it out. I think working on closed captioning sounds especially interesting. Who would then type it out for the screen after? I wonder how that works.

One of lyraeinne's friends came over the other day (well, she and her husband and her dad, because they're all friends) and she told me she's doing an online school for medical transcription. That appeals to me because you can sometimes work from home. Our local community college also offers certification in this as well. I'm considering it, but then I wonder if it might squick me, because of all the medical stuff.

I think I'd do better OUT of the house than IN the house trying not to be distracted.

Yeah, that can be difficult. I think I'd still prefer online classes for myself, but I'm home alone a lot now so my circumstances are different--and I still get easily distracted. What I like about the online courses is that I can do them at night or just whenever I feel like it.