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Q the clackamas print Wednesday, Oct. 21,2009 Captioner helps hearing-impair By John Hurlburt Co-Editor In Chief Super typist Bece Kidder talks about her unique job her car and an intimate relation with stickers What do you do? I’m what’s called a real-time captioner. I go to students who are either hard of hearing or deaf. I go to their classes and write what the teacher’s saying and then it comes up on the screen translated into English. It’s kind of like broadcast captioning on television. Is that any different than a stenogra pher? - No, it’s the same. It’s a unique enough job. I’ve never seen anyone doing that in a class. Yeah, it’s pretty unique. How’d you get into this field? I’ve been working for a lot of food service, which I didn’t mind. Then I switched to retail and I thought I was going to kill myself, or thought, “Am I some sort of sadist?” I started researching jobs, and I just hap pened to come upon this job. It’s fete, I guess. Do you enjoy it? Robert Crawford Clackamas Print Barcú^parKing-twt'. Tobaer náS tkrvér DVtí^TiC^bQmpvi “acrx-íxV?.- - -* *■ (emphatically) Oh yeah, I like it a lot What aspects of it do you like? I like that it’s different everyday. And some of the classes are very interesting. It’s kind of like going to school for free. I also like helping the students. It is a unique job and that shows some thing about you. What type of person would you describe yourself as? I’m a very creative person, and I have a lot ofhobbies. I saw you driving out of the parking lot and noticed the whole back of your car was covered in bumper stickers. What’s with the bumper stickers? I don’t know I just started sticking stickers on my car. If somebody gives me stickers, I’ll put ’ them on my car. That’s just something I came up with. Not to pay for the bumper stickers. I’ve always wanted an art car and so it’s kind of a lame attempt at an art car. I wanted to put “On the Road,” the book, on my car and I had all of these letter stickers. I started writing each sentence out with these letter stickers. It takes a very long time and also the stickers don’t really stay. Then I thought I’d just re-paste “On the Road” on my car, like find an old copy somewhere. Is Jack Kerouac one of your favorite authors? I like him. He’s up there. Who’s your favorite would you say? I read a lot and it’s quite varied so I don’t know. I actually like a lot of zines. I like Aaron’s “Cometbus.” It’s a really good zine that’s been around since the eighties. He’s written a lot of stuff. What’s your favorite sticker? Oooh I really like the “garbage is beautiful” sticker, you probably didn’t see it It’s on the side and it’s really big. I like the “I heart lefties” one as well. I’ve never actually dated anyone who’s a left-handed person but I just like it because it could be left handed people or left-wing people or I don’t know leftovers? It’s ambiguous I feel. IVfocjf imnnrfnnt mindinn Well they both lave their p|J would have to say Chuck Taylors! than high heels. What type of music do you listJ It’s all so varied. I like a lot of] towards the bebop, freeprov. I like the Grateful Dead and Ij punk I just have a wide range of J I’m a mix. Do you have to go to school m job? Yeah, I would say you would. It jj lot of discipline. You can learn the tM quickly but it’s the speed that takes a H cation because you’ll hit walls at and you just can’t seem to get past There is a huge dropout percent, if If you want to go into the field you determined. Once you get it down itsi have a lot of freedom. Does it work based on the words? Because I noticed it doesn’ keys. I think it has 24. It’s just missing^ It doesn’t have like a C because a i an S or a K. It’s phonetic. Then the of the vowels tells if like it’s a long A A. And it works by syllables. It’s a of keys for one syllable. So you’re every letter. I make up briefs all theti you hear constantly, like if it’s a word and your sick of writing each sy just now with “Symbolic” I’m like of writing symbolic and “symbolism,’ just finished transcribing for a 1 iteratur Do they find it helpful, the peop working with? Yeah, I think it’s very helpful. S don’t use it that much. The hard o people just miss things every once d They just look back to see what they I send the notes after the class, so if anything they can go through it I d how many students do that I means they are 50 pages or longer. What type of people need 'TV*« Super Torta serves students super deal on super fo By Mark Foster Sports Editor As I walked in, I immediate ly knew I was in for something special. The smells of sizzling pork and steak filled the entire restaurant. Super Torta is one of the best, quick stop in-and- out Mexican restaurants in Portland. It may not look like much, but what does it matter as long as the food is good. And let me tell you, the food is very good. I ordered a pork torta, a carne asada taco, and a chile relleno. First, the torta. Onions, let tuce, tomatoes, avocado, butter, mayonnaise, beans and pork all stuffed in a fresh Mexican telera bread roll. One word: delicious. Now I’m not a big fan of tomatoes so I had to sub stitute jalapenos for tomatoes. Aside from that fact, there is nothing else I would do to this sandwich. The way everything came together with each bite was simply mind blowing. The pork mixing with the avocado and the avocado mixing with the beans, at that moment I was on cloud nine. It was like the time I saw my first Playboy, the only reaction I could muster up, “Woahhhh.” It was that good. I finished the torta like it was nothing, looked in to my brown paper bag and pulled out this huge soft shell taco wrapped in wax paper. My first though was, “Did they give me a burrito instead of the taco?” When I opened it up I real ized, no this is not a burrito, it’s just a huge taco. Typically, most Mexican restaurants will sprinkle some meat on there then load on the pico de gallo to make it look like more than what it really is. First bite, first thought, “How did I not discover Super Torta sooner?” My taste buds were dancing like I had just hit the Powerball and the taco was the win- Mark Foster CM] From left to right: Race Hebrard, Molly Benz and Beckwith enjoy their meal from Super Torta. ning ticket. The blending of seasonings and avocado sauce Mark Foster Clackamas Print A window displaying the Super Torta logo sits on the side of the building at the Oregon City Location. sent me into a frenzy a if I wanted, I could myself from eating nto I was getting full bu I had to finish. I capped it all chile relleno. The chil as fresh as if it wer right before they cook me. Topped with pico it was exactly what I to fill my appetite, and the chile were soj after every bite it was ing a sip of juice, ma mouth water. All this plus quick for only $10.10. Super Torta has h tions: SE WoodstockB in Southeast Portland! Washington Street in! City. Both locations! seven days a week fl a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
