Ok. If you tell her, I'll deny it, but my 9th grade typing teacher was right. I almost dropped out of my typing class because I was so tired of hearing her rant about knowing your home row. After checking out some online typing tutors, apparently that home row thing is really important. Actually I knew that before now. Those little bumpy things on the "F" and "J" keys are worn out on my desktop computer as are the letters of the home row. So worn are the letters of my keyboard a beginner typist would have no hope. Having run through a few home row typing tutors however, I still hate "ASDF" "JKL;"
Her wisdom didn't end there. She insisted that typing the word rather than typing the letters was the "proper" way to type. I quickly learned the truth on the online tutorials as my typing speed was less than stellar when I was typing the random letters of the home row. Once I moved on to the word drills, my speed, while still less than I thought I typed, improved dramatically; that is, until I hit words like "judiciously" and "scullion".
So, thank you to my typing teacher. Sadly, I can't remember your name, but I remembered what you taught me.
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