When I took my first programming class in Junior High they chose the teacher because she was the typing instructor, and you know, how different can a computer b

When I took my first programming class in Junior High they chose the teacher because she was the typing instructor, and you know, how different can a computer be from a typewriter? After all, they both have keyboards. Thankfully I had already taught myself one programming language so I was able to pick up another without much difficulty.