How Quickly Do You Type?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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1.) No, not really. I think I use my pointer finger for more than I should :stuck_out_tongue: I honestly dont even notice anymore.

2.) Yes, in elementary school our computer class had a lot to do with typing

3.) oh yes

4.) 85

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1.) No

2.) Yes, they tried to force home row on me but I stayed vigilant and refused to comply.

3.) Yes.

4.) 155

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1.) No. My fingers are too short to reach all of the keys theyā€™re supposed to reach. I have to pick up my hands a lot.

2.) In third-fifth grade I had to practice typing 20 minutes a day once a week. In the sixth grade I had to practice 45 minutes a day for a week.

3.) Yes, but not really doing stuff that requires fast typing. I do APCS assignments mostly, which require a lot of pausing and thinking.

4.) The best Iā€™ve ever gotten was 40 WPMā€¦so slow compared to all of you! I have arthritis so that probably slows me down. My hands ache after writing or typing for more than 20 minutes.

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Yes

Yeah, I had a typing class when I was in 6th grade (pre-IB). I had a super strict teacher who was obsessed with proper posture while typing and made you take typing tests in the dark (using typewriters). I hated her at first but I grew to really appreciate her since she taught me life skills lol.

Kind of

82 wpm

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1.) Home row and self-taught through Runescape :slight_smile:

2.) Eh, not reallyā€¦ Itā€™s complicated, as I like to say.

3.) Yes, oh, my Godā€¦ >_<ā€¦ Iā€™m thinking about self-teaching myself the piano, so that might be a bit healthier, lol.

4.) 137 WPM-ish with a loot of errors (adjusted to like 120, lolā€¦ maybe itā€™s the cold Minnesota weather and hands)

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My typing speed unfortunatelly isnā€™t so good((

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now working on it

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  1. Iā€™m honestly not sureā€¦ Lol can you tell me if Iā€™m using the right ones?

A: Ring finger (L)
B: Pointer Finger Ā®
C: Pointer (L)
D: Pointer (L)
L: Middle Ā®
O: Middle Ā®
Shift: Pinkie
Space: Thumb

  1. No

  2. Yes, not a ton, but a fair amount, probably 2-3 hours per day (but I have online classes and do a lot of homework online, so itā€™s not like Iā€™m playing video games all day.)

  3. 80 WPM

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It depends. I have a crappy keyboard. On the crappy one, I get about 75 words per minute, but Iā€™ve hit well over 100 on better ones.

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  1. I honestly have no idea how correctly I type, I doubt itā€™s very close to correct. I keep retyping this sentence and watching where my fingers are, and it actually doesnā€™t look so bad but I do remember struggling quite a bit with proper position, even when I could type pretty fast. Maybe itā€™s just harder for me to type correctly when I think about it. I know where all the keys are, though, so I can type pretty fast. I can touch-type because I have enough of an idea of where all the keys are, but Iā€™ll frequently glance at the keyboard anyway just to reduce errors. Itā€™s muscle memory for me, probably.

2.) Sort of. In elementary school I had to take some typing stuff, but it basically just meant they gave us some typing program and asked us to work on it. In 8th grade we had regular typing practice, but fortunately for me there wasnā€™t much emphasis on using the proper typing positions, since I was already a decent typer with improper form.

3.) Umm, yes, way too much time.

4.) I got 76 WPM the first time, 72 adjusted, but thatā€™s slow for me. Second try was 88 WPM, 82 adjusted. Third try was 88 WPM and 80 adjusted. Iā€™m still not too happy with that, but itā€™s been awhile since Iā€™ve tried to type fast. I donā€™t feel like I can think fast enough to type really fast, tbh. I checked my NitroType stats and it says average of 80 WPM and highest speed 95 WPM. Iā€™m not sure how NitroType calculates it.

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  1. Semi-correctly. Sometimes when Iā€™m typing fast, I make up my own finger positions but hey, it works!
  2. In middle school we had to take a typing class.
  3. YES LOL
  4. 93 WPM and 88 adjusted (mainly misspelled words because I didnā€™t capitalize the first letter)