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[arethinn]

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Touch typing free

Hey, so I'm not just blowing smoke when I say I type at least 80 wpm and can get up near 100 if I'm really on a roll. That test purposely uses shorter, more common words, which I type more rapidly than longer ones.

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[alces2.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Fun. I learned in Junior High. Started the semester with one finger in a splint and still was the fastest kid in the class by semester end. At that junior high they gave awards at the end of the school year for various classes. The typing teacher gave the award to a female student who was fast but still typed slightly slower than I typed. A friend asked the teacher why I didn't get the award. The teacher indicated she couldn't possibly give a typing award to a boy. It wouldn't be right. That was over 42 years ago. I was a bit slower tonight, only 100 wpm. I think starting piano lessons six years before I took the class helped.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

I learned in Junior High.

I took a typing class in junior high school too (although that was only about eighteen years ago for me). Actual typewriters and everything, still. I think I did well, but really it was getting into BBSing when I started high school that really built my typing speed.