Re: I can now add TV star to my resume

I have to say I agree with Gisele. She's absolutely right about a lot of
things. I gave up my CMT about 5 years ago now...and I, too, once staunchly
defended the CMT. Yes, I took it for "personal satisfaction," but I also
took it because at the time it DID mean something. It did endorse a standard
for doing the work and I worked damn hard to get it. I did not have much
formal education other than 2 semesters in a vocational school that had a
little transcription course that didn't mean much at all...there just
weren't a lot of places when I started out that you could actually enroll in
a full-fledged transcription program. I learned everything I know from my
on-the-job training and, believe it or not, had a mentor in Brenda Hurley,
and was also trained by Susan Dooley and Ellen Drake. I could not have
asked for a better education than that. And no matter what I will always be
beholden to them for my career. Brenda hired me when I knew absolutely
nothing, but apparently saw something in me that she felt was worth
training. I gave up my CMT for a lot of reasons, but I can tell you now
that it was with a lot of regret. No, I wasn't happy with the direction
that AAMT was going in and I'm pretty sure the direction they're taking now
is even worse. However, if you give it up, you'll have no voice. It's like
voting...if you don't vote, then your opinion means nothing and changes
nothing. As long as you are a member, you can work like hell to make
yourself heard. Jay said something like drawing a line in the sand...it's
important for members of AAMT to do the same thing. Raise your voice and
make yourself heard. It's YOUR organization. YOU support it. It's easy to
come on this forum and bitch about it and denigrate it and make fun of it,
but what are you doing to make our profession better?

I thought getting my degree and becoming an RHIT was the answer. Well, it
wasn't. Even after 17 years I still love transcription. I thought I
didn't, but, again, I was wrong. I went into coding for 3 years and just
missed transcription, so here I am, doing it again and happily so. I also
teach it at the community college and coordinate the student co-op at my
hospital. I may no longer be an AAMT member, but I am trying to give
something back to a profession that really has given a lot to me. I may
even re-join AAMT. Maybe. It depends. I still have to think about it.

By the way, I never work barefoot.

Anne


"Gisele" <Gisele.2hdxe3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Gisele.2hdxe3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

You're the one who staunchly defended the CMT and its value--right up
until they offered it to overseas folks for a discount.

So which is it? CMT is valuable or CMT has been devalued by offering it
cut-rate?


Certification of MTs is valuable to us all to endorse a standard for
doing the work. The CMT program as it now stands is meaningless for me
because I don't respect the people who are currently running it. Many
good MTs have worked very hard to make certification fly for MTs, and
they have mostly been met with griping from the masses. The opinion of
someone who would never have sat for this exam in any form has
absolutely no value to me.

Gisele


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