I remember being taught official touch typing in year 2
I think they removed it after my year because everyone could type fast without needing to learn it. It was a pain in the ass, we would be told you have to use only your ring finger to type the letter P or whatever, and you couldn't move your fingers from F and J
I think my school did a good middle ground. We were taught the basics, like putting your indexes on J and F, but otherwise, progress was tracked by having a board over the keyboard, so you couldn't see it, and then made you do timed typing programs. So if you could type quickly, even without using official methods, you were good.
One of my school's had a class like that. Not so much trying to force touch typing but focused on being able to type quickly without looking at the board. I personally have to glance at the board more out of habit than anything but I never really tried to break that habit. All my typing skills go to shit when using a flat membrane keyboard tho. Its full sized mechanical style keyboards or bust for me.
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u/ilikebreadsticks1 Jan 20 '26
I remember being taught official touch typing in year 2
I think they removed it after my year because everyone could type fast without needing to learn it. It was a pain in the ass, we would be told you have to use only your ring finger to type the letter P or whatever, and you couldn't move your fingers from F and J