Hi Dark, Well, if it makes you feel any better I have observed much of the same behavior over here in the States. Back when I was a college student in the late 90's I use to do computer tech support and while I'd expect most college students to have some degree of typing skills quite a few did not. Many of them were very slow because they took their first finger and pointed and pecked at keys. I would hope that many of those probably later on took a typing class to learn to type properly at some point as it would be very difficult to type out a long paper with those kinds of typing skills, but be that as it may just because someone is a student of a college or university does not naturally make a student a good typist. Especially, if they have always just hunted and pecked at keys for short e-mails and chatting on Facebook etc.
What's more there is another angle which should be mentioned. There are a lot of older people now getting computers to stay in touch with their kids and grandchildren through Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, whatever. Many of them may have had no long term exposure to a computer so may or may not have good typing skills either. So do whatever seems easiest to them which is the old hunt and peck method. I've observed it off and on the last few years so I know the issue you described does exist, and it is not specific to any country and is not necessarily the failure of any specific education system. This is only a guess on my part but I think what Tim is describing are professionals and semi-professionals who learned to type through school, college, or somewhere else and of course uses those skills in office related jobs. I can't speak for him since I don't really know him, but he does make a point that typing is frequently offered here in the States through high school and so forth and it is something everyone really should know. So I suspect that due to the availability of typing classes in most schools as an elective the number of people who hunt and peck are probably slowly but surely being replaced by people who can actually type. On 4/1/15, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim. > > well thank you for that unwarranted judgement about myself, it was just what > > I wanted. > > for your information I was getting that from many people I know at > university, who you would expect would have good typing speeds and touch > type due to the need of having to write typed work, but for some reason > usually do not. > > Also, I will remind you I said "some" not "all", maybe you missed that part. > > indeed if I were inclined to make similarly unhelpful judgements about you > the way you do about me I might claime that perhaps you like feeling > superior to others by reading their messages selectively so that you can > accuse them of "being sheltered" or "not knowing very many sighted people" > to make yourself feel superior, but as I have no idea of your motivations or > > experience I won't. > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
