jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/11/2018 2:20 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 11 Jul 2018 11:01:35a, notbob told us...
>>
>>> On 7/11/2018 11:57 AM, graham wrote:
>>>
>>>> Furthermore, we were taught how to hold a pen or pencil. Some of
>>>> the cumbersome ways kids handle them these days is testimony to
>>>> falling standards.
>>>
>>> BUT! .....can you touch-type? 
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>>
>> YEP! My dad bought an old reconditioned typewriter (Underwood, I
>> think) the summer before I entered 7th grade. He bribed me into
>> learning to type. To insure that I wasn't looking at the letters on
>> the keyboard, he removed the letters from the keys and put a keyboard
>> chart on the wall above the typewriter. By the end of summer I was
>> typing 65 woreds per minute with no errors. Back in the day, typing
>> on an IBM Selectric II typwriter, I could easily type 120 word per
>> minute.
>>
> I took typing classes in school (yes, an IBM Selectric). Same thing,
> don't look at the keys, look at the text you're transcribing. I got
> to be very fast. With computers it's even easier since you can see
> what you're typing as you type it. Of course making corrections is
> easier, too. 
>
> Jill
That insight is simply amazing!