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u/grotu · 5 pointsr/shorthand

There are way too many red flags here, and nothing to suggest you would get any more out of this course than you would from reading a manual.

  1. The course outline has been lifted directly from the section headings in this book. Each lesson corresponds to a chapter. There is nothing to suggest any work has gone into devising the syllabus.
  2. Misinformation in course summary. It says you will learn the "newest version of Gregg Shorthand, which is the Second Edition 'Simplified.'" Simplified is not the most recent version. The second edition came out 61 years ago, and three others—Diamond Jubilee, Series 90, and Centennial—have followed it. Many Gregg users would argue that Simplified is the best of these, so there's no problem there; but it isn't encouraging to find plainly mistaken ideas in the course description.
  3. There are two "Recommended Books" listed in the Course Syllabus, and neither will teach you Gregg Simplified. The first is a Gregg Centennial handbook, which will not align too well with the coursework. The second is a business style guide that happens to be stamped with the Gregg name, but really has nothing to do with shorthand. If you were planning on using Gregg in the workplace, it may be a good complement to the course, but I would be curious to know where you expect to work that Gregg would help you getting there. In any case, it looks like the person who drew up this syllabus did a quick Amazon search for "Gregg" and got on with life. Certainly they didn't give this section much attention. Did they do any better for the actual course?
  4. The "Related Articles" were clearly auto-generated. They may be useful as part of a more well-rounded business education, if that's what you're after. (In that case, though, why study shorthand? It's obsolete in just about every office setting.) But there's no chance they were curated; they just have nothing to do with the subject at hand. Again, this looks slapdash.

    The only benefit I see is the promise of "audio activities," but you can practice shorthand with any audio you'd like.
u/journalizing · 3 pointsr/shorthand

If you have an Amazon account, you can log into it, go to the page for the Simplified Second Edition manual, and use the "look inside" feature to preview some random pages.

https://www.amazon.com/GREGG-Shorthand-Manual-Simplified/dp/0070245487/

u/happenstanced · 1 pointr/IWantToLearn

I learned Gregg by way of this book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0070245487

A while later, I found a Gregg dictionary. Each word had its corresponding "squiggle" - that helped. I had a record player with a set of dictation records for practice also.

I'd suggest reading up online and getting a sense of the language first. Then, definitely the instructional book.

Overall, it's just takes tons of practice. Use what you know every chance you can and you will gain speed. Too, you will get a sense of the way you write the language - your style.

Don't be discouraged if it takes some time to get the form right - it is fluid written movement but, essentially a new language.

Good luck!!

u/fata1586 · 1 pointr/shorthand
u/ohgodwhydidIjoin · 1 pointr/LearnUselessTalents

Buy the Gregg Shorthand manual on Amazon. You will be able to write basic words after the first chapter.