I learnt to touch type in the mid-80s on a manual typewriter in secondary school. I knew I was going to work with computers and figured touch typing would be a

I learnt to touch type in the mid-80s on a manual typewriter in secondary school. I knew I was going to work with computers and figured touch typing would be a worthwhile skill. I was the only boy in the class and copped shit from my peers for taking the subject. To this day I still think it is the best thing I learnt at school. Sadly, they no longer teach typing, at least at my kids' school. I would have signed them up in a heartbeat. § I don't think speed is that important. You don't have to be really fast, just fast enough for it not to get in the way of your thinking.