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To: SamAdams76
My father made me take typing in high school. He was correct that it is the only class from high school that I ever used in real life.

By the time I was in law school in my early 20s, I could type 120 words per minute. Now, over 40 years later, I can barely type 60 wpm with my arthritic hands. I still use it every day though.

I learned using one of these:


9 posted on 02/26/2023 1:39:06 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

LOL

I learned on a manual.

We were not allowed to use any electric typewriters at my High School until reaching the 12th grade.

Complete insanity.

We had to relearn to type because of the force we’d been using on the manual typewriters.

I don’t recall any boys in my classes.

What I do know is that upon working at GTE/Verizon/Frontier was there were many young men who taught themselves how to type. They wanted to get into the corporate world or at least off unemployment and took courses at local colleges. Had/have great respect for those young men!


63 posted on 02/26/2023 2:57:54 PM PST by Notthereyet (NotThereYet. )
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To: Bubba_Leroy
I learned to type on this -


99 posted on 02/26/2023 5:10:51 PM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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