tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post8021251443491733377..comments2023-07-06T07:47:35.504-07:00Comments on Gregg Shorthand: Functional Method?Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918508911048557073noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-77979500931037521912005-09-03T09:29:00.000-07:002005-09-03T09:29:00.000-07:00The business samples are fine in my case--I am lea...The business samples are fine in my case--I am learning it for business use, or use in business classes. I will admit dreaming of literature penned in Simplified.<br><br>Yes, you should call McGraw Hill. On Marc^3's suggestion, I give them a buzz every time I can't think of a particular brief form.johnsapp MSNhttp://msn-johnsapp.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-41284523013616405802005-09-02T22:16:00.000-07:002005-09-02T22:16:00.000-07:00I like the functional methods over the regular met...I like the functional methods over the regular method ones -- I think they are better designed for self study. Billy,.in terms of the reading selections in the books, that's what you get when you read DJS, S90, and Centennial books: only business-related stuff, because DJS was designed specifically for business, and that same focus continued for the latter series. If you get to the speed Carlos Rodriguezhttp://mcbud.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-9325673160177556832005-09-02T22:03:00.000-07:002005-09-02T22:03:00.000-07:00I just did a google on Charles Rader, and there ar...I just did a google on Charles Rader, and there are lots of them. But the only thing I got about the Gregg stenographer Rader was that he was overworked. It was on two or three "buyer" reviews of the Simplified Dictionary, which leads me to believe they were originally from the same source. I'd love to know who wrote the review, and how they knew he was "overworked"! Yessidhetaba MSNhttp://msn-sidhetaba.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-57499217104058666672005-09-02T21:42:00.000-07:002005-09-02T21:42:00.000-07:00(That ":)" was not in reference to the p...(That ":)" was not in reference to the parenthetical.)<br><br>Also, I did not know before reading Expert Diamond Jubilee Shorthand that the great Charles Lee Swem was the inventor of the self-dictation method.<br><br>It was interesting for there not to be a picture of Louis Leslie anywhere in anything I read (other than a picture of his writing hand). I finally found a headshot in the thedangerarranger MSNhttp://msn-thedangerarranger.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-38024926709095993862005-09-02T21:35:00.000-07:002005-09-02T21:35:00.000-07:00So maybe Marc's version isn't fiction. But...So maybe Marc's version isn't fiction. But I like it nonetheless. The problem for me is that the selections in the books are so boring! I don't really care why Ms Smith cannot chair a meeting, nor why the salesmen in the eastern region are not selling as much as the salesmen in the western region. Writing them out seems infinitely less borning. I guess it's time I moved to sidhetaba MSNhttp://msn-sidhetaba.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-47349442070143373122005-09-02T21:33:00.000-07:002005-09-02T21:33:00.000-07:00One fact that I found very interesting was that Mr...One fact that I found very interesting was that Mr. Leslie, before being called by Gregg's company, taught shorthand in a private school in Laurel, Mississippi. That is interesting to me since I live in Mississippi, not terribly far from Laurel (a town devastated by hurricane Katrina in recent days). :)<br><br>—Andw. Owenthedangerarranger MSNhttp://msn-thedangerarranger.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-42954365877119850292005-09-02T17:46:00.000-07:002005-09-02T17:46:00.000-07:00This message has been deleted by the author.This message has been deleted by the author.sidhetaba MSNhttp://msn-sidhetaba.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-62019175816145886682005-09-02T14:41:00.000-07:002005-09-02T14:41:00.000-07:00I heard a different story as to the development of...I heard a different story as to the development of the functional method.<br><br>Louis Leslie's mother complained that he didn't write home enough in 1920. He told her that he would if she learned to read shorthand. She studied the manual with the goal of learning to read shorthand.<br><br>He wrote much more often. There was much happiness.<br><br>And, one day, he received a letter shorthandmarc MSNhttp://msn-shorthandmarc.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-84920736946915289802005-09-02T12:58:00.000-07:002005-09-02T12:58:00.000-07:00Thank you for that Andrew, that is great to know. ...Thank you for that Andrew, that is great to know. I actually found on eBay "Gregg Shorthand-Teachers Handbook, Louis A. Leslie,1936 " it's for the funcational method and it's really interesting. I've read more then half in less then a week (read most of it last weekend). And what you mentioned was in there, they took out the explaining of the rules and told teachers to debbiavon1 MSNhttp://msn-debbiavon1.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-10573699687571953182005-09-02T06:54:00.000-07:002005-09-02T06:54:00.000-07:00Isn't it a fascinating story? I knew about th...Isn't it a fascinating story? I knew about the Charles Rader tidbit, that he learned using the Functional Method, but I didn't know he was the first student!Carlos Rodriguezhttp://mcbud.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-35276886260500037032005-09-01T20:41:00.000-07:002005-09-01T20:41:00.000-07:00As some more trivia regarding this publication, th...As some more trivia regarding this publication, the first student of this method was named Charles Rader. The Functional Method has no penmanship drills whatsoever. However, if you find that name familiar, that man wrote nearly every shorthand plate in Simplified on. He wrote a bit for Anniversary, too. Leslie worded it this way: "By chance I happened upon Charles Rader and in November,thedangerarranger MSNhttp://msn-thedangerarranger.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-4397088209253187032004-08-23T15:19:00.000-07:002004-08-23T15:19:00.000-07:00Thanks so much! I do have both books, found them...Thanks so much! I do have both books, found them both at a second hand store. Debbidebbiavon1 MSNhttp://msn-debbiavon1.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414101568737434275.post-31586270953989670472004-08-21T23:40:00.000-07:002004-08-21T23:40:00.000-07:00I had done a little research on that, since those ...I had done a little research on that, since those were the books I learned shorthand from (Anniversary Edition/Functional Method Parts 1 and 2, Leslie). Be sure to get both parts. The functional method refers to the way of teaching shorthand. Up to the release of the first functional method book, shorthand teaching was based on repetitive drilling of words, brief forms, sentences, and chuck MSNhttp://msn-chuck.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com