I got through college at the same time with just 'hunt & peck typing' on an old Underwood (and lots of White Out) when I didn't have a girl friend who could actually type papers for me. It was long arduous work for me to type a paper.
Yes, I always wrote them out in long hand first and then typed them. I could actually think when I was writing in long hand because I wasn't worried about ruining another sheet of paper.
But with computers, anyone can type... even me! You can see it and fix it before it ever gets on paper.
Looking back to High School, I would have been much better served taking typing as an elective (sitting in a class full of girls) than the wood shop and metal shop classes I took. Might have even been more fun!
Knowing how to type saved me countless hours of work going through college. I took notes in cursive, and did my outlines, but my papers were all typed. I went to grad school later in life when computers had come along. I guess I just assumed everyone learned to type in high school or before. It’s one of the few things I did learn in public schools.