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  • Re: Screens Distract Stud

    From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Aaron Thomas on Thu May 1 16:09:16 2025
    Re: Re: Screens Distract Stud
    By: Aaron Thomas to Dr. What on Sat Apr 05 2025 08:33 pm

    Didn't BBSing help you turn into a faster typer?

    No, but High School typing class did make me a fast *typist*.

    But there was never more pressure to type fast than when you were pulled into chat with the sysop and they could watch your every keystroke and mistake (and you were all too aware). So typing class paid off there and through-out my career. I keep telling my college-aged daughters: use the correct fingers! Don't look at the keyboard! They type faster than many, but could be so much faster.
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  • From Dr. What@1:142/999 to Rob Swindell on Fri May 2 07:22:50 2025
    Rob Swindell wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

    Didn't BBSing help you turn into a faster typer?

    No, but High School typing class did make me a fast *typist*.

    Same. My high school offered a Personal Typing class (i.e. typing for people who weren't going to be secretaries). I took it knowing that I was going to go into computers. And it's paid big dividends over the decades.


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