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A lot of schools don't because there isn't a standardized program for teaching it. I know we used a very tough typing game for when we were taught. Not sure if I was slower on the uptake but I worked real hard to get good at touch typing.

Fyi, typing games are weirdly making a comeback on steam and I'm here for it

Those are for people who can type without looking ;)

As Mavis Beacon gently weeps...

Who hear took a keyboarding class? By keyboard I mean a typewriter.

As a gamer I always wanted one of these on the W.

I had to take "keyboarding" my freshman year of high school ( mid 90s), they had an option to opt out if you could type something like 30 words a minute, which I could, from all my messing around on my home PC.

I will say though, I have long fingers and it's extremely uncomfortable to type in the "proper" position using 8 fingers across the rows. I ended up making my own hybrid 6 finger system that has served me very well to this day, typically I can average around 50 WPM this way.

Anyways, bypassing keyboarding allowed me to take Basic Programming it its place, and each year after our awesome teacher created a new programming class for us, Pascal, C++, Visual Basic and Java by the time we graduated.

To make it really easy to know where U and H are, because you never want to be unable to type uhhhhh without looking at the keyboard

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I was required to take typing classes in middle school, and the teach put cardboard over our hands

The best typing training I ever got was IRC. You had to learn to type fast or some idiot wouldn't know how wrong he was.

This definitely prepared me for a career where 90% of my interaction with coworkers is via chat.

Just showing off, excuse me

Is anybody gonna tell this oblivious 30 year old who's not particularly bad at typing what the lines are for?

Shifting of focus (eyes to keyboard then back to screen) can slow you down a lot. With computers I just stare at the keyboard and type. Problem with this is when something happens on the screen and the cursor is no longer where I think it is.
What I hate is the forced use of the mouse. Either make it all mouse or all keyboard navigable. In fact, with people having to use screen readers, all forms need to be keyboard navigable.

As a blind computer user I'm shocked at how many people forget touch typing exists. I learned earlier than most, by necessity, and didn't have to take the then-mandatory keyboarding classes in middle school.

They didn't teach typing when I was in school. I guess it's an assumed skill? Anywho, I still knew what those notches/bumps were for :3

I grew up with a computer in the 80s and for years i would stare at the keyboard while mentally keeping track of what I was typing.

I took keyboarding in middle school and learned to touch type but it took years of practice to break the habits I formed as a child.

Now I'll be typing something and my husband will walk in so I'll pause and look over to see what he needs. One time he said "don't stop on my account" so I started typing again while staring at him.

I can hold a full conversation while doing this but have to slow down to around 60wpm to avoid transcribing the conversation.

I'm in my 50s. I don't know anyone who has ever been taught to type.

I learned touch typing as a result of MSN messenger, in the dark, with a keyboard that would slide under the desk. I think phone contracts have resulted in a lot of people younger than me not being able to touch type.

My cousin types far faster than me, and he credits Typing of the Dead for that skill.

Well... Ill explain for somebody who doesnt know:

Those are four your index finger. For the left and right hand.

So you can always have a base point for your typing without looking