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Who Remembers Taking A Typing Class With An Actual Typewriter?

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52 responses to “Who Remembers Taking A Typing Class With An Actual Typewriter?”

  1. Dave Williams Avatar
    Dave Williams

    I took a typing class in high school on a typewriter, and I’m glad I did. If I hadn’t, my typing speed would be much slower.

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I had typing in middle school and for the life of me I can’t remember the elective choices at the time and wonder what I passed up for typing and band and how I ended up with the clarinet.😁

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  2. Laurie Graves Avatar
    Laurie Graves

    I sure do remember taking a typing class on a real typewriter. A useful skill but I was a lousy typist and how I rejoiced when personal computers came out.

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I took typing in middle school on an electric typewriter and have always had a love of old typewriters. We have an independent bookstore that has a typewriter on display and they created a book, Notes from a Public Typewriter, from the messages left by people over the years.📖🙂

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  3. plaidcamper Avatar
    plaidcamper

    Now that’s a YouTube channel worth exploring – I might never leave the house!
    Left the house last week to visit the new exhibition at MNBAQ featuring dozens of Group of Seven paintings, and it was wonderful seeing the real paintings up close and in detail. Inspiring! We’ve booked camping trips near lakes this summer – won’t be painting, but will be sipping a beer by the lake!

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      It was a great day of photography podcasts and videos and luckily they did not spill any beer on the gorgeous photography books!! Ok, now I’m wishing I took French over typing so I could read the MNBAQ website, but luckily I found Group of Seven information and images. When we go to the park in the summer we always have artists out painting, I can kinda see you and Mrs. Plaidcamper painting and drinking by the lake. Of course, Scout would have to be the first masterpiece.😁

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  4. Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Avatar
    Ted Jennings – TPJ Photography

    😂😂😂, if you do you’re old 😝😝. ASDFGHJKL…..

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      😂Yes, I’m old and I’ve discovered I do not have any young blog followers!!😂

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      1. Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Avatar
        Ted Jennings – TPJ Photography

        There are young bloggers 😵‍💫

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        😁

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  5. Bruce@WOTC Avatar
    Bruce@WOTC

    I’m raising my hand to this one…typing class and typewriters had their day back in the day. ✋

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I remember taking it as a middle school elective and I can’t remember the other choices, but I better not have passed up on a photography elective.😁

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      1. Bruce@WOTC Avatar
        Bruce@WOTC

        🤣

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        😁

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  6. John Avatar
    John

    Me! I took a typing class with my girlfriend at the local college. I failed the class. 😂

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      It was a middle school elective for me and you must have been too busy typing love letters instead of working on your typing speed!!😁

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      1. John Avatar
        John

        That is basically what happened! This was the early 80s and she is the one that got away. Still pining… 😞 Middle school, do you mean Junior High? 😂

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        I’ve heard middle school so much over the years I forgot we called it Junior High.😁

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      3. John Avatar
        John

        I’ve never heard a realistic reason for why the name was changed. My guess is that this has something to do with political correctness. I better be wrong!

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      4. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        As far as I know they changed it when they switched from grades seven to nine to six through eight. Still laughing that I forgot to say Junior High.😁

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      5. John Avatar
        John

        That makes sense, yet no sense. Why change it… Oh well… 😂

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      6. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        😁

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  7. I.V. Greco Avatar
    I.V. Greco

    I definitely remember the loud sound of twenty or more students pounding out the home row drill!

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      After years of our quiet keyboards, I had forgotten about how loud a room of typewriters sounded.😁

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      1. I.V. Greco Avatar
        I.V. Greco

        It was like thunder!

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        😁

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  8. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    Here, here… there were only one or two electric in the classroom, so we had to take turns using those. 🙂 I can still hear the teacher drilling with emphasis, “a, s, d, f … a, s, d, f…” 😀

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      😁We had electric in our classroom and my mom still has her old electric typewriter. White out was definitely a necessity back in the old days and I do recall making a mess with the ribbons. Still love the old fashioned thought of writing a novel on an old typewriter.😁

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      1. Eliza Waters Avatar
        Eliza Waters

        Personally, I LOVE the delete button on the laptop, sooo much easier! 😄

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        😁

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  9. Michele Lee Avatar
    Michele Lee

    👍🏻

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      🙂

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  10. tootlepedal Avatar
    tootlepedal

    I wish that I had been made to learn to type.

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      Good memories of my typing class can almost help me forget how much I disliked geometry.😁

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  11. cabanisi Avatar
    cabanisi

    Um… ( raises hand )

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      😁I may not have developed a love for typing in my typing class, but I’ve always loved old typewriters and can’t walk by one without taking a photo.🙂

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  12. Diana L Forsberg Avatar
    Diana L Forsberg

    Yes, I remember these but not really fondly. I much prefer the ease of a computer’s keyboard!

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      Definitely no comparison to a computer, but I always love seeing an old typewriter.🙂

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      1. Diana L Forsberg Avatar
        Diana L Forsberg

        Me too!

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        🙂

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  13. jillslawit Avatar
    jillslawit

    Ooh I do, I do…and weirdly enough the teacher was actually called Mrs Coffee. We were allowed to bring hot drinks to make and drink in class which made us 15 year old feel a bit more grown up. I started drinking my coffee black as it was too much hassle to take a bit of milk into school.

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      LOVE the coffee and typing class story!!!😁 I’m always amazed I barely remember any teacher’s names except my favorites, but I would definitely have remembered a Mrs. Coffee!☕️😁

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      1. jillslawit Avatar
        jillslawit

        She had an 80’s blonde bob. I didn’t learn to type very well but I do remember making an idiot of myself in front of a lad I fancied by trying to spoof a Wham song which I totally messed up.

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        This story just keeps getting better and better…what song?!?!😁

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      3. jillslawit Avatar
        jillslawit

        Wake me up before you go go…no, no, noooo. Oh the shame. WordPress didn’t let me put this reply under the others, sorry.

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      4. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        😂

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  14. Allan J Jones Avatar
    Allan J Jones

    It was an electric, but we had a manual at home that I practiced on

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I just remembered that the typing class was actually more fun than those first classes that required typewritten reports and the nightmare of correcting mistakes.😁

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  15. highlandheffalump Avatar
    highlandheffalump

    I did typing at school when I was 14 in 1986 and it was on an electric typewriter by then. So does that make me one of your young readers 😂

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      😁I do believe you are my only “young” reader!!😁

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  16. Miriam Avatar
    Miriam

    Oh yes, I do! And I kept making mistakes but it was also fun. Showing my age!!

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I definitely remember the correction nightmares compared to the wonderful delete button and unlike most times, I’m very happy to show my age when celebrating the wonderful old days!!😁

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