I just found out that my son's high school doesn't teach typing

[3rdgensooner]

Don't they still have Mavis Beacon?

[TcSoup]

We fought to get into typing class at my Private HS , The typing teacher was a lay Teacher ( Not a Nun ) and was Hot, Hot Hot did i mention she was Hot......

Miss John oh yeah

[lrrps21]

We fought to get into typing class at my Private HS , The typing teacher was a lay Teacher ( Not a Nun ) and was Hot, Hot Hot did i mention she was Hot......

Miss John oh yeah

Sounds like my school's typing teacher. She was 21 and right out of college. She was very attractive. 

The policy was passing shorthand & typing or not graduating. 50 words per minute with 97% accuracy. Luckily, I was able to focus on my typing long enough to pass.

[K9Buck]

So I tested my son today. It was a simple test. I read off a list of simple words and he typed them. He did need to look at the keyboard, but he actually did pretty decent. I'd call it an advanced version of "hunt & peck". Maybe that is sufficient.

[lrrps21]

Both of my kids had it in middle school. Theyâ€ve been using computers for school work since then and it makes no sense to do it in high school. Itâ€s also called keyboarding now.

For my daughter it was easy. She had it down prior to the class so it truly was a waste of time. She didnâ€t mind that waste as it was better than a challenging class for her in her mind.

North Carolina teachers complain about pay relative to the rest of the nation. They have a lower cost-of-living and good working conditions. And resource teachers are still used as children have music art and PE.  My son took whole Mac in the first semester and he is bummed now because he got used to eating as they did a lot of cooking. Now he is in drama. I think each district is different in Ohio whereas in NC every county is the school district and there is a little bit more consistency between counties.

NC teacher pay is low.  Here is a nationwide list of pay.  Aside from Maryland and Virginia the South does have lower pay for some reason. NC sits at number 46.  And this takes in the highest to the lowest districts across each state to get the average so some are really high and some are very low:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/car.../34964975/

The average pay of the top 20 are pretty high and this tell me some are making a lot for 9 months work.

The teachers parking lot of the township next to mine is littered with high end BMW, Mercedes, and Porsches.

[zigbee]

Both of my kids had it in middle school. Theyâ€ve been using computers for school work since then and it makes no sense to do it in high school. Itâ€s also called keyboarding now.

For my daughter it was easy. She had it down prior to the class so it truly was a waste of time. She didnâ€t mind that waste as it was better than a challenging class for her in her mind.

North Carolina teachers complain about pay relative to the rest of the nation. They have a lower cost-of-living and good working conditions. And resource teachers are still used as children have music art and PE.  My son took whole Mac in the first semester and he is bummed now because he got used to eating as they did a lot of cooking. Now he is in drama. I think each district is different in Ohio whereas in NC every county is the school district and there is a little bit more consistency between counties.

NC teacher pay is low.  Here is a nationwide list of pay.  Aside from Maryland and Virginia the South does have lower pay for some reason. NC sits at number 46.  And this takes in the highest to the lowest districts across each state to get the average so some are really high and some are very low:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/car.../34964975/

The average pay of the top 20 are pretty high and this tell me some are making a lot for 9 months work.

The teachers parking lot of the township next to mine is littered with high end BMW, Mercedes, and Porsches.

A lot of them are married to other teachers or people who are high income so that double salary helps.  I married the school cook so I didn't really benefit.

[K9Buck]

Both of my kids had it in middle school. Theyâ€ve been using computers for school work since then and it makes no sense to do it in high school. Itâ€s also called keyboarding now.

For my daughter it was easy. She had it down prior to the class so it truly was a waste of time. She didnâ€t mind that waste as it was better than a challenging class for her in her mind.

North Carolina teachers complain about pay relative to the rest of the nation. They have a lower cost-of-living and good working conditions. And resource teachers are still used as children have music art and PE.  My son took whole Mac in the first semester and he is bummed now because he got used to eating as they did a lot of cooking. Now he is in drama. I think each district is different in Ohio whereas in NC every county is the school district and there is a little bit more consistency between counties.

NC teacher pay is low.  Here is a nationwide list of pay.  Aside from Maryland and Virginia the South does have lower pay for some reason. NC sits at number 46.  And this takes in the highest to the lowest districts across each state to get the average so some are really high and some are very low:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/car.../34964975/

The average pay of the top 20 are pretty high and this tell me some are making a lot for 9 months work.

The teachers parking lot of the township next to mine is littered with high end BMW, Mercedes, and Porsches.

That's because they're doing tricks at night.

[Alabuckeye]

Both of my kids had it in middle school. Theyâ€ve been using computers for school work since then and it makes no sense to do it in high school. Itâ€s also called keyboarding now.

For my daughter it was easy. She had it down prior to the class so it truly was a waste of time. She didnâ€t mind that waste as it was better than a challenging class for her in her mind.

North Carolina teachers complain about pay relative to the rest of the nation. They have a lower cost-of-living and good working conditions. And resource teachers are still used as children have music art and PE.  My son took whole Mac in the first semester and he is bummed now because he got used to eating as they did a lot of cooking. Now he is in drama. I think each district is different in Ohio whereas in NC every county is the school district and there is a little bit more consistency between counties.

NC teacher pay is low.  Here is a nationwide list of pay.  Aside from Maryland and Virginia the South does have lower pay for some reason. NC sits at number 46.  And this takes in the highest to the lowest districts across each state to get the average so some are really high and some are very low:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/car.../34964975/

The average pay of the top 20 are pretty high and this tell me some are making a lot for 9 months work.

The teachers parking lot of the township next to mine is littered with high end BMW, Mercedes, and Porsches.

That's because they're doing tricks at night.

I didn't realize that the overlap between teachers and magicians was that large....huh.....learn something new in the NH every day.

[K9Buck]

[Brutus Buckeye]

They taught it to us in 3rd grade, and it didn't really take.

I took it as an elective in HS, and it stuck.

[lrrps21]

With computers so accessible typing class in high school is archaic.
These kids can type in early elementary school.

How many high school seniors would be able to type at even minimum proficiency if they were wearing a blindfold?  I'm going to take a gander that the answer is "few".

So? Most jobs do not require employees to perform their duties while blindfolded.

I have never had a typing class in my entire life and have functioned just fine in the working world. I think typing classes are non-value added. Skills are picked up "on the streets" nowadays.

How many programmers 'hunt and peck' while writing code in C++, .NET, etc? Typing is essential in those fields. Other fields not so much.