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Subject: Re: Re: Input device
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Date: Sat, 24-Jan-87 19:10:30 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 24 19:10:30 1987
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In article <1165@hope.UUCP> allanon@hope.UUCP (Kenneth Leung) writes:
>Another topic, notice how most people(programmers excluded) still thinks
>that typing is a special EFFORT? I handed in some homework the other day
>and the grader THANKED me for typing the answers out (it was <1page)
>For me it is easier to read printed info and easier to edit and change
>stuff. The print was obvious computer printed (dot matrix) but people still
>feel it is an effort......
>Anybody know what the % of people in this country knows how to type or
>use a word-processor?

I don't know what it is, but it should be higher.  My highschool had the
inteligent notion that if you were going to use a computer you had to know
how to type.  (Entering anything in without touch typing is a bear.)  So a
pre-requirement for any Computer class was one term of typing, for which I am
eternally greatfull.  What bugs me is that my present college is trying to
teach computers to a campus that for the most part Doesn't know how to type
and isn't offering typing.

Anyone that uses my terminal gets a real treat. :-)  Once I took all the keys
off to clean them, and out of boredum put them all back in alphabetical
order.  [a][b][c][d]...
	 [k][l][m][n]...   Hunt and peck typers BEWARE  :-)

"Note: the above thoughs are not shared by any part of the adminstration."
	'vis-a-vis' -Dave barry

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