I can`t speak for all specialty judges but I read the Standard several times the day/night before a judging assignment. I am sure most judges do also. D.d. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Lieberman" <sheilaofmiami@xxxxxxxxx> To: <helen@xxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Judging License an idea? > Putting the Standard on tape is a great idea, sounds often work better with the human brain!!!! > > But then you indicate that you often forget the next day. It got me wondering. What if every judge had such a tape, or Ipod or whatever, so they could listen to the Standard the night before judging? > > Would it change they way judges look at dogs? Could all breed judges benifit from either reading or listening to the standards they are to judge the next day? > > Would it be a good thing? > sheila > Helen Franklin <helen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For reasons I will never understand, there are some people that question where I > got my judging license. My judging license came from AKC. As a matter of fact, > the American Kennel Club had just initiated the written > test on the standard as well as the oral exam. I was the first one to take the > written. I know this because of what happened in the exam room. Those that > know me know that I often do things weeks in advace, arrive early, and am > disgustingly organized (in some areas). Therefore, I not only studied the > standard, I darn near memorized it. I had also put it on tape and listened all > the way to the exam. When I turned the test in and it was graded, the examiner > said, "You've missed one." My reply, "Impossible!" With a look of complete > distain and contempt, and wondering who the heck this know-it-all person was, > the examiner showed me the test and said, "here is the one you missed." I read > the question and told the examiner that the TEST WAS WRONG. At that point she > dove for the standard book and we read the question together. It was about the > head and the skull. The test was wrong and she changed my score to 100? AKC > also changed the test. When I got home and everyone asked how I did, I replied, > "one hundred and ten per cent." > I must add, what I learn one day, I often forget the next. > Helen > > > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. 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