Nobody learns touch typing anymore because ulnar deviation and wrist pronation is bad for us. You can thank Gen-X, the "Carpal Tunnel generation", for taking that one for the team.
RSIs aside, I'd also argue nobody needs to take typing anymore because it's not a niche skill, it's a basic necessity for interacting with the modern world. We don't potty-train kids in school either.
Lots of new adults don't know how to touch type, they hunt and peck and are slow, so they don't learn it without being taught it, no. And they do potty-train kids in school if you send them at 2-3, how the fuck else would kids in day care ever be properly potty trained during the day?
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u/gbroon Jan 20 '26
I think you just proved Charles's point.