OOT Pole Theater #2, When were you first taught to type

[almostbusto]

i am 23 and i type with 4 fingers.occasionally i use three of my left hand's fingers, so technically 5.

i was 'taught' about the 'home row' 10-finger method when i was in middle school probably. maybe it was mentioned in grade school.

i think an interesting question is how many people out there actually use the methods they were taught. I've always had the perception that only wieners actually used all their fingers.

i can type as fast as i need to, i guess i never really felt motivated to learn because when i was in middle school i was the faster typer i knew (i am not that fast, probably like 60wpm max) and i only used four fingers.

[Dids]

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I was never taught to type in public school.

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[4_2_it]

Never had any formal typing training. I still use two fingers to this day and rarely look down at the keyboard.

[Tiny TBone]

Grammar school...

On a side note, I like to switch keys on the coworkers here at work who use the 'hunt and peck' method. Fun stuff

[jesusarenque]

I was taught to type in high school. I am 27.

[inside??]

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High school, I'm old. I type with like four fingers now.

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[samjjones]

High school, and in hindsight, is probably the best thing I learned there.

[Grasshopp3r]

My dad made me take a typing course in the summer before high school. That was fine by me as there were plenty of hotties in that class. I have taken remedial typing since then in order to improve. Mavis Beacon, baby.

I still use two spaces after sentence ending periods.

[miajag]

26, first keyboarding/typing class was in middle school (7th grade).

[WayAbvPar]

Typing was available in my high school, but I never took it. However, being around computers nearly all my life allowed me to learn to bang out a decent WPM without formal training.