Comments on: Teens that Can’t Type

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:17:56 +0000

For me, it is hard to learn to type. I have tried many programs, but have made no progress.

My excuse is “I am not wired for typing”. I know, it’s a lame excuse.

In high school I didn’t take a typing course because that was part of the business curriculum, and I was math/science major. In those days,, there was no typewriter or any keyboard in the house. Finding one to use was also hard. When I went to college, I found typewriters commonly available, but no instruction was available. The attitude ot my liberal arts college seemed to be, don’t let a typewriter stifle your creativtity.

I have been using personal computers for many years now, but still use the hunt and peck method to get my message across. It’s a fast hunt and peck using more than two fingers, but definately not touch typing.

It takes me 5 times as long to write as it should, so I really want to learn to type. I have tried Mavis Beacon and a few others, and jsut become frustrated.

Any suggestions?

By: Name

Name — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:53:32 +0000

I cant type with ten fingers, BUT I started typing with 2 fingers and over the years i’ve got so much more proficient, I type with more than 2 fingers now, and can type without thinking about it. I don’t think this is really an issue, if people spend a lot of time typing they will find there own style that they are fine with. And if they don’t spend a lot of time typing, it doesn’t matter anyway.

By: rebecca p

rebecca p — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:16:43 +0000

I am trying to learn to touch type, after failing multiple times over the years. I tried to learn as a teen, but to no avail. I am trying now and have actually made more progress then ever before. I still look sometimes and I find that I am not any faster and still make plenty of mistakes. Still, it would be nice to be able to type without needing to look at the keyboard.

By: Ronny Laluyan

Ronny Laluyan — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:40:54 +0000

Hi James, found your blog while googling.

Let me share you my experience about this. Last year our school started a new elective subject ‘Typing’. All the student were laughing, they gave their comments like “We don’t need typing lessons, we know how to type” and some other comments.

And then I challenged them, and 19 students joined that subject. And they found out that they actually can’t type that fast as they said before. But after joining that class, about three months later, they realized that they have improved their typing skill a lot! After one semester 17 out of 19 students can type without looking at the keyboard. How convenient!

My suggestion to the schools, give them typing class. It’s fun and it works!

By: Jackson4Christ

Jackson4Christ — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:52:21 +0000

I learned correct finger placement about the same time I learned to write on paper, but never typed enough to memorize the keyboard to touch type till about a year and a half ago when I started using email, forums, IM, et cetra. So, since I knew finger placement the world became my practice and within a matter of months I could touch type confidently and quickly. Makes me pretty grateful to my Mom for teaching me that, even though I had no use for it at the time. And now that I’m in the teen years and am inclined to reject authority it serves as a prime example that my parents really can see farther down the road than I can.

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By: Angsuman Chakraborty

Angsuman Chakraborty — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:43:44 +0000

I started with 2 finger typing and I automatically graduated slowly to multi-finger typing but not ten finger typing. I still occasionally have to look at the keyboard or make mistakes when I am not looking. I can type really fast but my accuracy tends to decrease with speed if I am not looking. For long sessions it is rather painful to the eyes and tiring. So yes, learning to type at young age is beneficial and recommended. Show her this comment if you like.
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By: James

James — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:22:31 +0000

Hey Kelsie,

Good on you to want to learn to type faster and better. Most of your friends are probably learning on the fly and doing it with two fingers – but honestly? If you learned to type the right way, you’d be typing way faster than they could.

If you search for ‘free typing lessons’ or ‘free typing games’, you’ll find tons of links. It’s mostly practice, so find something that’s fun for you to work on.

If you have a little bit of money or your parents are willing to pitch in, check out Mavis Beacon’s software. It’s not expensive and it’s worth it.

And you know what? It’s not hard to learn to type and it doesn’t take long. Hang in there!

By: kelsie hover

kelsie hover — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:05:53 +0000

i am trying to learn how to type alot faster cause all my friends at school have a computer that they use to carry around and they type really fast without looking at the keyboard i have to look and i cant type fast so i need some help

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