Typing
A new student stopped by my office today and asked for some help. It involved me entering a form online. As I was typing she said, "You're using two fingers!" Then she added, "And you're really fast!"
"I write books this way," I said.
It's true. I hunt and peck on my keyboard. Most days I forget I don't type like other people. Most people who "hear" me typing assume that I'm using all my fingers. But no. Why? Stupid public school. You see, when I attended high school the typing class was considered a "standard class" and it would have negatively skewed my GPA if I'd taken it. Instead I had to stay in Honors classes so that I could go to a "good college" and reap the rewards! (What rewards you ask? Indeed.)
So I never took typing. I did once or twice try to teach myself to touch type using this old school manual that belonged to my sister. I found it really hard not to look at the keys. To be fair, I still look at the keys a lot when I type. It feels sort of Zen when I'm typing fast.
I'm sure I'm in good company with two-finger typists. It's old school. Which is my way of saying that I'm never going to break this habit.