[GreenKeys] [External] Re: Typing Instruction

[Joe Duszyński]

Jim Wrote:
 I did learn to touch type, but the grade was based
on time tests, with TIME deducted for each error...

For me the typing and time/timing was pretty easy
I learned to play piano in parochial school (K-8) and played in
church, the typing thing came easy in
the High school classes and I credit the piano playing for it.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 10:21 PM Jim Cooper <io at jimcooper.org> wrote:
>
> On 29 Nov 2022 at 19:44, Joe Duszy´nski wrote:
>
> > Anyhow, the Typing class has served me well for over 45+ years.
>
> ok, i'll chime in now...  i took typing in 8th grade and was one
> of two boys in the class.  took it cuz i figured it would help
> in HS.  I did learn to touch type, but the grade was based
> on time tests, with TIME deducted for each error...  so i
> would often have a negative grade!  barely passed the
> course, but DID learn to touch type -- which not only helped
> w/hs reports, but two years later when i got TTY eqpt fm
> Army MARS it made a big diff...
>
> up until last wed night when i fell and broke my left
> shoulder and now cant use left arm...  how yukky now typing
> with one finger.  :((
>
> w2jc
>
>
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