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Old 03-21-2009, 12:06 PM   #72
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma View Post
We were 'forced' to learn the home keys and touch typing in high school. Hated it at first, but now that I look back, it was like learning the multiplication tables......

Once you memorize everything, it becomes second nature.

Quick.........whats 7x6?

Typing at school was never on the syllabus that I recall.

(can't answer don't have my slide rule handy.......
As a slight aside, and seeing you have brought up the subject. My lady tutors (mainly) schhol age kids in mathematics, and has got tired of the number who cannot work out what 100 divided by 10 is, without a calculator...and the number who don't know fractions !!!!!)
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