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Touch Typing

Touch typing is typing without having to look at the keyboard. It’s an essential skill in this age of computers and the internet. You learn how to read, you learn how to write, and you learn how to touch type. Fuck cursive. That shit was a waste of time. Touch typing should be second nature. If it’s not, than everything I know about Qwerty is wrong. The best thing about touch typing is just being in the zone and hearing the click-click-clack of your fingers transforming a blank page into something unique and creative. Each keystroke is an explorer discovering something new and exciting. The scratch of a pen over paper isn’t nearly as satisfying. Maybe Mario taught you touch typing, maybe it was Mavis Beacon. But it’s a skill that no person of the 21st century should be without.

Critically Rated at 16/17

Written, Rated, and Reviewed by Brendan H. Young

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Mavis Beacon

In schools across the US and around the world, millions of kids learn to touch type from Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. Touch-typing is essential for participation in the technological world that we are living in. It’s more practical than learning cursive. The other day I found out that Mavis Beacon isn’t a real person. She’s just a corporate mascot. That’s devastating news. Now I’m wondering who the hell taught me to type?

Critically Rated at 5/17

Written, Rated, and Reviewed by Brendan H. Young

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