In high school I had signed up for an electronics class and then my family transferred to another city. In the high school that I then enrolled in, there was no electronics class so I was given the option of another class - I chose typing, which turned out to be a great choice. Since I had started the class mid-semester I wasn't required to pass any proficiency test, so it didn't matter how fast I was. At the same time, I learned to touch-type which was perfect when I became involved with computers, as all the other programmers were doing hunt-and-peck!
From: "David Barto via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: skogkatt...@yahoo.com, "David Barto" <da...@kdbarto.org> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 9:15:48 AM Subject: [cctalk] Re: Typing class in high school > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 5:15 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> And, yes, even as a male I had typing in high school. >> > > I had typing as an elective class in 7th grade in 1984. It gave me the > ability to type in programs faster. > > Sellam > > C: i took typing as a senior in 1985. The lady was a former military officer, > in her 60s or later. Everyone was scared shirtless of her. 1 puerto rican > girl who sat up front could do 90wpm. Me, I sat in the back. I'm still a very > flawed typist. Iow I suck. I took typing as an elective in summer school before my senior year of high school, in preparation for typing papers at college. I failed the class because I would backspace and overtype the wrong character. In college I used UCSD Pascal on Terak’s. So I could backspace to my hearts content. Still not a very good typist, and at least now the backspace doesn’t screw up what I send out. (I took care to count the number of times I had to backspace while typing this message: 5) David
