GWAM - Typing Class Sucks!

[grinch]

Hey guys,
I don't about y'all, but I'm in highschool, and we have a class called Information Management. Now in this class all we do is learn to type without looking at the keyboard. Those stupid home row keys, you know.
Well, I'm so sick of that class, but one funny thing I do is I just spend lots of time in kirupa when the teacher is across the room. :bandit:
Have or Do any of you guys take a class like this and get a GWAM assesment. GWAM is like how fast you can type with least amount of errors. It's a pretty annoying thing to master but if it matters, today I got a 87 GWAM! I think thats my fastest.
Average = 30 GWAM
Highschool stinks! thx +_+




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[eilsoe]

lucky you... I just started MediaGraphics, and we're taking basic IT lesson (so everyone can follow up), we've learned to move and copy files, plus making folders :-/

And merit isn't given to IT... :m:


at least I got merit for Danish and English classes... it's at a 6th grade level.. :( I learned that YEARS ago... bah...

Mediagraphics only requires basic english and IT... I can't wait 'till design classes take over... just another few months of boooooring slavery... THEN it get's interesting. =)


So quit yer whining, there are people out there (me) who are worse off than you! :P

[grinch]

Whoa,
You sure got a point man. I should be happy I don't have to learn how to copy and create folders! Man I bet that is hell.
But still, I'm taking Graphic Arts at the moment, definetly a plus!
And going to take some scripting classes soon. Cant Wait!




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[Mik3]

We took typing class in 6th grade, and I was like the only one listening. I can get about 85-90 Words Per Minute with no Errors

[grinch]

Darn man... nice gwam, <man I feel dumb saying that>
but its true!
Are you really 13 years old? Because when I was 13 I think I was in sixth grade, Haha.


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[ScHAmPi]

Well unless he has editted it that was what he said right?

[T-O]

typing class is pritty cool. Learing to type fast wil help you spam kirupafums even faster then your alreaddy doing.

[grinch]

Hehe, yeah but you know,
I can already type fast, it just get really boring, lesson after lesson... you know? But agh, WTH It'll be over soon... ( I hope )




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[MxNecromancer]

i had this class just last year (9th grade) . amazingly i got i'm the record holder in my class with 100 gwam. :P it kinda helped being i spend like more of my life on AIM, MSN messenger and Kirupaforums then anything else

believe me it's a good thing when you know how to type fast

[Mik3]

Originally posted by grinch
Hehe, yeah but you know,
I can already type fast, it just get really boring, lesson after lesson... you know? But agh, WTH It'll be over soon... ( I hope )




grinch:kir:

Ahh that sucks. Is your computer teacher nice? Ours is like the meanest person ever!

[grinch]

Aww, man
She is a real pain in the boot-tah!
But when she's not looking, I always find a way on kirupa.:evil:
hehhe



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[SeiferTim]

I gave up on trying to go to college, since all my classes were basic, basic computer stuff.... we spent one, complete, solid week learning how to copy and drag files from folders to the desktop in windows XP. I think I spent every class period in the back of the class, VNCing into my computer at home, and doing stuff like Flash, working on my web sites, and typing my design doc....

[Raver Ryan]

i hate typing with the home row even wothout the home row i still type 70-90 words per minute

[CanadianGuy]

lol. I learned typing on a typewriter.

The year I took it I broke my arm and they made me learn to type with one hand to get the credit. Needless to say it took a long time to learn how to type again after doing it for two months with one hand.

[ScHAmPi]

Euhm what is a home row, I never heard of it.

[prstudio]

i did keyboarding way back in the day in high school...was at like 72 CWPM - correct words per minute

now its like 120-130

crazy when the keyboard becomes an extension of your brain...

[SeiferTim]

The home keys:
A S D F G ; J K L H

[MxNecromancer]

home row....

the keys asdfjkl;

they reperesent where your fingers are supposed to be naturally

[ScHAmPi]

O thanks guys. My fingers never are out there lol. But I can't type very fast either. Keep switching characters :D

[SeiferTim]

Do you have a QWERTY keyboard?