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    Should typing become a mandatory subject in school?

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    Post by Chris Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:26 am

    We just had a thread about how cursive handwriting is becoming less and less taught in school – because of how the Internet and texting have become societal mainstays – so do you think typing should become a mandatory part of school curriculum?
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    Post by RobbieFTW Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:44 am

    More and more probably so. If we're gonna have a generation of people who don't know how to write, then they should at least know how type (and when to use paragraphs).
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    Post by Supernova Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:48 am

    It isn't already?
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    Post by Shale Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:31 am

    I learned to type in high school - it was a 'practical art' and I had used all my fine art options.

    I learned touch typing, which does not help with the thumb typing texters because my brain does not know where the letters are on the keyboard, just my fingers. Really, I am one of the fastest typists in the office because I use all my fingers but if I had to find the letters on the keyboard IDK where they are at.

    So, maybe they will have texting classes where ppl learn how to type with their thumbs while looking at the keyboard. My 20-something co-worker who texts told me she was the same way before texting but now she can search letters on the keyboard in addition to touch typing.
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    Post by Forgiveness Man Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:21 am

    I don't see how learning when to paragraph is really an issue for typing, specifically. IMO, anything taught in typing can and should be taught in a writing course. "Typing" courses to me suggest the student ways they expect students to type. And IMO, that's a load. I'll type how I want to. So no, "typing" should not be a subject. WRITING should. big grin
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    Post by Tony Marino Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:41 pm

    If you don't want to type with two fingers then I would say not mandatory but available for those that want it. I had a typing class in school and I was happy I signed up for it since I can whiz across the keyboard with both hands Smile
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    Post by Hyacinth Girl Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:02 pm

    Forgiveness Man wrote: So no, "typing" should not be a subject. WRITING should. big grin



    ^^With a strong emphasis on spelling and grammar! Kids today have been raised on texting where you abbreviate everything and spell out words either like they literally sound, or come up with some weird-ass spelling to make it cool, funny, or whatever the case may be.

    I have no problem with the true abbreviations--that's no different than shorthand, but when you get into stuff like these fine examples from my former forum, you have to start to wonder how some of these people will survive in the real world, much less a professional job interview that gets them there in the first place:

    Nao=Now
    Buttsecks=sodomy
    Hai=Hello or Hi
    Orly=Oh really
    Bewbs=boobs
    "I can has?" instead of "Can I have?"

    Seriously?? No wonder so many in the younger generation can't spell.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:14 pm

    As an elective.
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    Post by Cheaps Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:18 pm

    Tony Marino wrote:If you don't want to type with two fingers then I would say not mandatory but available for those that want it. I had a typing class in school and I was happy I signed up for it since I can whiz across the keyboard with both hands Smile

    same here.. the way our teacher taught us was on our first day of class.. the whole typewriter had duct tape over every single key on the key board. we weren't allowed to remove them
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    Post by Forgiveness Man Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:24 pm

    Hyacinth Girl wrote:
    Forgiveness Man wrote: So no, "typing" should not be a subject. WRITING should. big grin



    ^^With a strong emphasis on spelling and grammar! Kids today have been raised on texting where you abbreviate everything and spell out words either like they literally sound, or come up with some weird-ass spelling to make it cool, funny, or whatever the case may be.

    I have no problem with the true abbreviations--that's no different than shorthand, but when you get into stuff like these fine examples from my former forum, you have to start to wonder how some of these people will survive in the real world, much less a professional job interview that gets them there in the first place:

    Nao=Now
    Buttsecks=sodomy
    Hai=Hello or Hi
    Orly=Oh really
    Bewbs=boobs
    "I can has?" instead of "Can I have?"

    Seriously?? No wonder so many in the younger generation can't spell.

    I've heard of some but don't use those. FORGIVENESS MAN (Of course I am a smiley and lol addict. Razz ) Maybe it's cause I don't text. I think writing classes SHOULD emphasize spelling and grammar, but IDK, it's sad that we have to emphasize that. That stuff should be a given. Maybe it's the writer in me that feels that way though. lol
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    Post by (Oh!) Rob Petrie Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:39 pm

    Let's start with grammar first.
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    Post by Shale Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:48 pm

    Hyacinth Girl wrote: ...
    Seriously?? No wonder so many in the younger generation can't spell.
    Srsly? big grin
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    Post by Hyacinth Girl Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:19 pm

    Shale wrote:
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    Seriously?? No wonder so many in the younger generation can't spell.
    Srsly? big grin


    I guess "age" holds no boundaries! big grin


    But here's a few for us older folk:

    WTF=Where's The Fiber?
    TMI=Take My Insulin
    LOL=Lots Of Love
    IDK=I'm (the) Denture King
    EMO=Eat My Oatmeal
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    Post by Nystyle709 Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:28 pm

    Yes. Most people still can only 'peck'....believe it or not.
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    Post by RedBedroom Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:37 pm

    I graduated forever ago, and it was required then. I think that it should be forever.
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