elodieunderglass:

labyrynth:

that post about how young people use computers these days (or rather, how they don’t, instead preferring to use their phones) got me wondering

by computer skills i mean basic skills like typing, navigating menus/directories/folders, using word processors or other programs, using removable storage, etc. NOT computer science or programming.

When was your earliest computer skills class, and are you able to type without looking at the keyboard?

My schooling preceded widespread computers; I can touch type ✅

My schooling preceded widespread computers; I can’t touch type ❌

I had computer classes in high school or later; I can touch type ✅

I had computer classes in high school or later; I can’t touch type ❌

I had computer classes earlier than high school; I can touch type ✅

I had computer classes earlier than high school; I can’t touch type ❌

My schools did not offer computer classes; I can touch type ✅

My schools did not offer computer classes; I can’t touch type ❌

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Since I may have contributed to the post OP is thinking of, I should probably reblog this

Wow, I had no idea my own truth (option 2) was so uncommon.

I was born a year before the Tron franchise existed, my first computer class had Apple 2E’s, I still code my own website entirely in raw HTML, and I will never be able to fucking touch type.

FWIW, my schooling also precedes the death of cursive lessons, and I still hold the pencil “wrong.”

I don’t let it stop me.