How fast can you type ? Do you have to look at the keys ? Do you have a keyboard education ?
Do you make a lot of mistakes ?
I for one took a typing class in high school but that was a loooong time ago.
I am getting better I know where some of the keys are without looking but I mentally spell every word out when I am typing or writing so it is not real fast but getting better, but not as good as the kids. The keyboard seems to just smoke when they are on.
Ps. I had to edit, I spelled something wrong
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Well I do have to glance down at the keysonce in a while. I have to smile because sometimes, it is like my fingers have forgotten every thing they learned over the years and just can not find a letter or symbol. I used to write countless reports and statements on a keyboards (remember the old IBM electric typewriter... I hated that machine). I never had a keyboard class, but learned the hard way on how to become fast.
Then of course Iproof read it to make sure the punctuation and grammaris correct (or at least to me). After that I like to run a spell check on what I put down. So yes, it seems fast, but to be accurate takes a little time. But it is well worth it.
I was reading a report my one nephew was about to hand in to a class he has (this was a few months ago).I was shocked! I told him that he really needed to go over it and correct a lot of mistakes in his grammar, punctuation,and spelling. He looked at me like I was on drugs or something. So I started pointing out his mistakes. And he told me the teacher really does not care (which I told him I doubted).So I told him even if the teacher does not care, he should for his own self pride care. After all this was something hewas expressing and it was in his best interest to do it in a professional and clear manner. So we went and had him type it on my computer. Then I had him correct every thing he thought wrong. After that I let the computer check it. He was kind of surprised at the mistakes as well. But in the end, he learned to slow down, take his time, and concentrate a little on what he was trying to put down on paper. And, we will not even go into formal letters anymore and how they are written.
Have you seen the kind of classes the kids have now? No American History, or Science, etc... they have some of the most off the wall named classes. But I guess the schools do about the same they did for me. They are taught information and knowledge. And I sure respect the teachers of today. The things they put up with in a class room boggle my mind. My sister is a teacher. She tells me some of the things that go on in her class room. When I was a kid I would have never thought of acting like some of the kids do in class. Because, when I got home, my Dad would have been waiting for me to have a "little heart to heart." Funny, it was never the heart that was all that concerned about the meetings with my father. BUT I did learn to behave (at least not get caught), do well in things, and strive to make myself better.
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It's been a few years since I was "clocked" but the last typing test I took I was about 60 words-per-minute.
I spend a min of10 hours a day at work on a computer so I have no choice...
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fairly fast. All those years typing one handed in my teenage years helped with my typing skills.
My goodness MountainDevil54... set your self up why don't you..
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I had a typeing class way back when Kids had sessions in the wood shed with their daddies for misbehaving. I took the typeing class because I just was not cordnated enough to trust my self in a class with sharp tools. Beside I lived on a farm, we worked with tools all the time fixing and making things. Back to typeing class, I failed that class as I could never get over 10 WPM. I type now with 3 or four fingers. I try to be care full with grammer and spelling but if I mess up if figure others do some too some so no big deal. If I really want to make a point and have all the I's dotted and the t's crossed plus grammer correct, I will type it out on a word program and let that fix all the mistakes or at least tell me it didn't like the word I used.
School!!!! I was watching the Late Friday night sports edition of the local news. There are two local High schools in town (west side and East side).
they had results for both schools swim meet, the bowling, meet and the basket ball scores for both boys and girls for both schools. They told about how they both stood on the wrestleing & hockeyfront. Also training for base ball, track and scoor starts soon or has started.
Maybe that is why they no longer teach things like math and other real life type classes. I would think it hard to carry a high GPA and still play all those sports.
Al
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I took typing in High school fifty five years ago. There wasn't even electric type writers at that time. I hadn't typed until I got the computer in 2000. I have to watch the keyboard. I type with most of my fingers, but not the way you are supposed to. It is surprising how good it goes. I would really be in trouble if it didn't have backspace to correct my mistakes.
Just curious
