Comments | theladycancook: typing

theladycancook

typing

Jan 17, 2008 09:53

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Touch Typing

When I was in high school, nobody could type, because the first primitive PCs were just starting to appear. (My mom used to stay up late typing my term papers for me!) During college at Purdue, I took a typing course at Ivy Tech (on IBM Selectric typewriters) and got reasonably proficient. Now I type most of the day, between ( Read more... )

keyboarding, typing

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earthpen January 17 2008, 16:37:32 UTC

"Funny how the world changes."
That may be truer than you realize. When I was in high school (before even main frames), almost all the girls and some of the boys could type -- it tended to be a junior high subject.

gypsy1969 January 18 2008, 02:27:04 UTC

Wow, I'm so impressed! I took a semester in high school and my typing skill varies depending on the severity of my RA that day and other external and internal factors. I've typed as poorly as 30 wpm with 10 mistakes and as well as 67wpm with no mistakes. Whenever possible though, I cut and paste!