From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30857 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2021 19:05:15 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Feb 2021 19:05:15 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F1D909C7AB; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 05:05:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E59E9BA46; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 05:04:47 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=smtpservice.net header.i=@smtpservice.net header.b="GlydgDtM"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9508B9BA46; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 05:04:42 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 475 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2021 05:04:41 AEST Received: from a1i751.smtp2go.com (a1i751.smtp2go.com [43.228.186.239]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 360859BA45 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 05:04:41 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=smtpservice.net; s=m33y30.a1-4.dyn; x=1612639181; h=Feedback-ID: X-Smtpcorp-Track:To:Message-Id:Reply-To:Date:From:Subject:Sender: List-Unsubscribe; bh=113GhYVLcnGMEDaHJuhMcjRoi/DTqRpWxrQbNqKNTv4=; b=GlydgDtM FCQ2YKnOz0Udjkbhznl0fgT1v0V6otKvVpmyHCaQSgS8h7p3QAQa2TKh7inqws0Iiyub6w5zoTDA4 1i536p/x8KKU60/+QdjaCKmvVNjzwjR/zQArPFYrt3T3fKS7NCuUoaJWSf14mR+eAt6zjz60j7vJL P7sj+/KuYD/xOVgHfu/F4Y4G0QltVu/YFPX3YeXNlWKdestilmpiAzz2njcPwgaizvoQIP9PHhW90 BqFbAC5Lvgt4ohhPg2GZYGMGuYb84VthJJT21S9l4Wfkxs+0/TgmbED3mW41m7GAqPhp3cya9r8nQ vALHwDuLjzwBXFRRBjSdpnBpPA==; Received: from [10.66.228.43] (helo=SmtpCorp) by smtpcorp.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92-S2G) (envelope-from ) id 1l8Sl5-bePFjH-Iq; Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:56:39 +0000 Received: from [10.107.193.50] (helo=kdbarto.org) by smtpcorp.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92-S2G) (envelope-from ) id 1l8Sl5-wSERuU-2j; Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:56:39 +0000 Received: from zaphod.local (zaphod.local [IPv6:fe80::db:1018:ac33:b8af]) by kdbarto.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 518CA591FD3; Sat, 6 Feb 2021 10:56:36 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_58455D32-12F0-46CE-821A-3B65056B9CFA" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.60.0.2.21\)) From: David Barto In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 10:56:35 -0800 Message-Id: <668A9720-D414-4E90-ACD4-0E0A35D74F08@kdbarto.org> References: <5cb7edc8-7d43-aa3a-334f-18e17aa2fa16@gmail.com> To: Ron Natalie X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.60.0.2.21) X-Smtpcorp-Track: 1_8S_5wSERIl2M.HtZkHNDc-NywI Feedback-ID: 145083m:145083a-yaNWS:145083s-kBbl2P7D X-Report-Abuse: Please forward a copy of this message, including all headers, to Subject: Re: [TUHS] Typing tutors X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: david@kdbarto.org Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_58455D32-12F0-46CE-821A-3B65056B9CFA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Feb 6, 2021, at 9:22 AM, Ron Natalie wrote: >=20 > One of the smartest things my mother did was make me take typing in = summer school one year. Little did she or I knew that being able to = type 60WPM was going to become a very important asset in my eventual = career. =20 >=20 >=20 My mother also insisted that I take typing as a summer school class = because =E2=80=9CIn college you will have to type papers for your = professors=E2=80=9D. She having been a professor of English at Perdue = University. I took the class and failed because I would backspace and overstrike = with the correct letter. After I got to college I used UCSD Pascal and so typing a backspace to = erase the previous letter was fine. I returned to HS and told the typing instructor that I now type 40 WPM = flawlessly because I use a computer, not something with paper. He was = not impressed. The HS replaced the IBM Selectrics with cheap PC clones the next year. David --Apple-Mail=_58455D32-12F0-46CE-821A-3B65056B9CFA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

On Feb 6, 2021, at 9:22 AM, Ron Natalie <ron@ronnatalie.com> = wrote:

One of the smartest things my mother did was make me take = typing in summer school one year.    Little did she or I knew = that being able to type 60WPM was going to become a very important asset = in my eventual career.  


My mother also insisted that I take typing as a = summer school class because =E2=80=9CIn college you will have to type = papers for your professors=E2=80=9D. She having been a professor of = English at Perdue University.
I took the class and failed = because I would backspace and overstrike with the correct = letter.
After I got to college I used UCSD Pascal and so = typing a backspace to erase the previous letter was fine.

I returned to HS and told the typing instructor = that I now type 40 WPM flawlessly because I use a computer, not = something with paper. He was not impressed.

The HS replaced the IBM Selectrics with cheap PC = clones the next year.

= David


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