My high school typing teacher said I'd never need to type fast once computers finish the work for us

Mrs. Patterson told me that in 1987 and I just spent 20 minutes on a chat support call because I can't keep up with the agent's automated replies.

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hugos462d ago

I saw a study that said the average person types faster now than in 1990. Guess Mrs. Patterson was wrong about a lot lol

the_jamie1d ago

Yeah but that study probably counts people in 1990 pecking away at typewriters with a jammed 'e' key... bet those numbers look different when you factor in all the autocorrect fails we have to undo now. Guess Mrs. Patterson's ghost is still waiting for that perfect touch-typing form.

davidkim2d ago

Wonder what counts as "typing" in that study. Does texting count? I can fire off a text way faster than I can on a keyboard. But actual typing for work? I bet most people are slower now. All those shortcuts and autocorrects make us lazy. Did they include hunt and peck phone typing?

drew_jones311d ago

Man if they counted my thumbs swiping out a text at 2am I'd be a world champion, but put me in front of an actual keyboard for work and it's a different story. My brain knows what I want to type but my fingers just wander off and hit random keys half the time. Autocorrect saves me on the phone but on a desktop it just makes me lazy and I gotta stop and fix everything anyway. That study probably didn't count all the times I have to delete a sentence three times because my pinky missed the shift key. I'd bet my average typing speed is slower now than when I was in high school, and that's a pretty sad thought.