At my school, when a student passes their 130 exams, and moves up to 140 goal speed, they now have to start four-voice testimony. Four-voice testimony and I don't have the best relationship. We've definitely had a rocky start. Before I reached the 140 class, the most I had to do was Q and A; there is only ever two people at the most to take down. Q and A isn't so bad because if I miss a Q or an A sign change on my machine, I can usually figure out where I missed it and and can fix it in the transcript, but on a four-voice testimony, it's not so clear. I can't cheat by putting them in later. It's also hard because there's not really four people talking during the test; it's just my teacher with a light board. When I get nervous, I look at my hands. During a four voice test, I'm usually nervous so I have been really trying to force myself to look at the lights and not at my hands, but it's a hard habit to break.
So, the question we all want to know is: How did I do? Well, I got over 87% of it, which is only okay as tests go. But I'm really proud of two things: The first is that I didn't miss a single speaker, I had all the sign changes in there. And the second is that, I made a huge mistake in the middle of the test, but I didn't give up like a usually do. I let it go, and finished strong! Hopefully I'll do even better on the next one.
Totally unrealated, but it's my husband's birthday today. Happy birthday, honey!
Those four voice test are so crazy. When I got through my 130's and hit the four voice ... I was totally shelter shocked! It's hard, but instead of fighting it ... I'm not making four voice my friend =) Hahaha!
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