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 Red Paratroopa Level: 31 Posts: 134/165 EXP: 168026 Next: 17337 Since: 02-20-07 From: State College, PA Last post: 6124 days Last view: 6098 days |
I officially learned to touch type in fourth grade when our English class included typing lessons twice a week. I've played piano since the age of four, which helped me pick it up quickly with pretty good accuracy and speed. I'm not sure what my WPM rating is now, but I used to do very well on typing tests.  Before that, I remember trying to graduate from hunting and pecking sometime in third grade. |
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 Red Paragoomba Level: 19 Posts: 31/58 EXP: 34962 Next: 815 Since: 03-12-07 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 6052 days Last view: 5558 days |
I learned to type fairly well when I was in middle school when we got our first computer. When I started taking programming classes sophomore year of high school my typing improved tremendously. I'm pretty sure that me and my mother are the only two members of my family who type with all then fingers (she used to be a legal secretary, so she's really really fast, like stenographer fast). After I got good in high school I haven't lost the touch, even though I don't type nearly as much, or with the more obscure keys that are need for programming. I always find it funny that none of the WPM/CPM testers ever test on numbers and their associated characters, because I find that's what slows down most people. Anyways, my results were
The Enchanted Typewritter Test - Net CPM: 399 Accuracy: 98% Gross CPM: 404 Tigers in the Wild Test - Net WPM: 77 Accuracy: 100% Gross WPM: 77 The Irrational Side of Managerial Decision-making Test (left-handed/dominant typing hand) - Net WPM: 30 Accuracy: 93% Gross WPM: 32 Not too shabby if I should say so myself. I usually type one handed with my left hand so I ran the test with that one because I didn't see a point in testing something that I already know will just be horrendously bad from never having practiced. And I guess I correct most of my mistakes before I type the next character because in the WPM test I didn't miss a single word, even though I know I had to edit 15 or so words during the test. |
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Level: 65 Posts: 745/945 EXP: 2303225 Next: 32403 Since: 02-19-07 From: Texas Last post: 6041 days Last view: 5552 days |
I started to learn to type in 7th grade but we rarely practiced that much. I still had to look at the keyboard to type.
When I got to 10th grade, I finally took a keyboarding class in the first semester and easily learned how to type without looking at the keyboard. |
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Level: 48 Posts: 210/458 EXP: 777108 Next: 46435 Since: 02-19-07 From: The Void Last post: 3040 days Last view: 3040 days |
I learned on my own using a DOS/Windows 3.11 computer when I was about 5-6. Over time through practice I improved my typing speed, so while it takes 90 WPM to finish that stupid copying test (with 100% accuracy, I should add), I can type much faster when I am just typing my thoughts. Mainly because it is much faster to make mistakes and delete them on the fly rather than having it stop you based on the space, which is stupid.
It was when I went on IRC that I went from hunt and peck to... I don't know what type of typing I do now. I can see the keyboard on my mind and type words out to this keyboard without actually having one. I never look at my hands, for I don't really need to. I seem to be able to do it mentally--although I want to switch to DVORAK, as I hear that would allow for even faster typing. Also, the home row is meaningless to me--I just fly my hands all over the keyboard. Plus resting them there is stupid. Oddly, most people type with their hands hanging above the keyboard, but I rest mine on the top of the desktop with mine. |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1645/1881 EXP: 6467271 Next: 183393 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6156 days Last view: 6147 days |
I also rest mine on the desktop, but my keyboard is very flat. With a conventional keyboard, they're usually hovering. |
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 Paragoomba Level: 20 Posts: 52/65 EXP: 41281 Next: 1158 Since: 05-11-07 From: PA Last post: 6192 days Last view: 6173 days |
about 9 yrs old, let's see, Last I checked the words per minute I could type was 90 WPM |
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 Mole Level: 43 Posts: 197/365 EXP: 552792 Next: 12254 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 5350 days Last view: 5350 days |
Posted by setzPosted by Cat Justice Yes! They did! I hated it!  |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1650/1881 EXP: 6467271 Next: 183393 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6156 days Last view: 6147 days |
My typing class was low budget, they just had us take sheets of paper from the printer to cover our hands, and usually not even that. The teacher just trusted us not to look, so a lot of people did (including me after a while; I still look). |
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 Paratroopa Level: 30 Posts: 47/152 EXP: 148214 Next: 17655 Since: 03-21-07 From: Vermont, USA Last post: 6016 days Last view: 6013 days |
I learned sometime in elementary school, but I didn't get all that good at it until 7th grade, when the whole class took another course in it. I just took the test, and it said my net WPM was only 48. I thought for sure it would have been higher.  Still, I do tend to type a lot faster when I'm not actually thinking about it, especially when I don't have exact words to copy.____________________ What sig? I don't have a sig.  |
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