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- From: s8486534@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (PRESCOTT SMITH)
- Subject: Re: Keyboarding
- Message-ID: <25AUG199215042556@deimos.ucc.umass.edu>
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- References: <24AUG199221030176@deimos.ucc.umass.edu> <1992Aug25.150442.5851@nosc.mil>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:04:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug25.150442.5851@nosc.mil>, bwalker@nosc.mil (Beth Walker) writes...
- >In article <24AUG199221030176@deimos.ucc.umass.edu>
- >s8486534@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (PRESCOTT SMITH) writes:
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- >I disagree with the statement that we all had to learn by the hunt n peck
- >method, at least in regards to straight typing. I learned to type in
- >high school, from a standard typing class, before I ever saw a computer.
- >By the time I started with my very first terminal, I already knew how
- >to type, and I didn't need 'hunt n peck' for anything other than special
- >control sequences, etc.
-
- That of course is what's being discussed.
-
- >Most of my work on the computer falls into the 'straight typing' category,
- >and I would expect that the majority of work required of school children
- >would also. A straight, standard typing class (modified as needed for
- >younger children) should give them the basics for completing assignments.
-
- Can't imagine anyone's doing "straight" typing anymore, even with a
- word processor, let alone emacs or other text editors which most of us have
- to use on a mainframe. School children are into logo and pascal!
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