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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.

You should really get yourself a book to learn Teeline the right way. I recommend this one. I assume you're just using whatever free resources you can find. Many of your letters are joined incorrectly and a lot of letter combos, like "tr", have their own symbols. In this case, a long horizontal line. These increase your speed a lot. Here's what it looks like using some shortcuts.

Spoilers, for anyone who cares....



> You have my heart

> You had it from the start

> I love you [from afr?]

Spez: Just realized that last word is probably “afar.”

If you like it, you should definitely obtain the book. The author gives rules for writing suffixes like -ing, -ingly, and some very quirky rules for omitting letters. Totally worth having the book if you're attracted to the system!

It's available as an Amazon Kindle book for $3

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Finger-ShortPen-Shorthand-Gesture/dp/1491036060/

Read and learn.

Tres's other book is also fantastic, and smaller. The hardcover printings are on high-quality paper and binding, and physically pleasant to hold and read.

I'm sorry, yes. I was referring to the system semi-explained here, which I believe is this one. It got me wondering if there are other alphabetic systems, and how they compare. Thank you for the in depth replies.

I have no idea what the best for you is, I am by no means an expert.

I have started learning Teeline for myself. The only resource you need is the Teeline gold book here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0435471716/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_KY1QBbAE2MN9Q

this?

I bought a deck of blank playing cards (specifically these) and then put the shorthand stroke on one side and the translation on the back. Then I shuffle them (either way up), pick a card and remember what's on the other side.

I've been learning Pitman for a couple of weeks now. I thought it would be a fun thing to pick up over a weekend or two until I actually started learning and realised how complicated it is. I got the basic consonants down in a few hours, but the vowels and shorthand words are taking much longer, and the random hooks, halves and doubles are being ignored for the time being.