The Lost Art of Typing…

I was sleeping and heard the sounds of a keyboard. I woke up.  It was my husband writing something.  He was typing so fast that it reminded me of when I was in typing class in High School and had to learn how to type without looking at the keys.  That was such a challenge!

I remember going home that evening in High School and asking my mother, a secretary at the time, how to type so I would pass the class.  She gave me a jumpstart.

“Put your fingers on the middle row and remember – ASDFGF (space) ; LKJHJ (space),” she said.

She repeated that over and over again to me so that it would stick.  “And just keep typing that.  Once you learn that row, the other rows will follow,” she said.

And she was right. In addition to learning that row,  in my typing class, I did drill after drill but the one thing that really stuck in my head was “ASDFGF (space), Semi LKJHJ (space).”

Tonight, listening to my husband type and remembering this story, I started to think about how kids are no longer learning “ASDFGF (space) Semi LKJHJ (space).” They don’t have to!

Today, you see people “keyboarding” with two fingers.  And that’s okay and acceptable! Just think about those who text.  (I’m one of them.) I text with one finger.  It’s funny. The kids laugh at that because the standard is to text with both thumbs!

What do you think? Is the art of typing gone?