# When geeks type **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-geeks-type/233163 "2004-03-08T19:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-geeks-type/233163/41 "2004-03-10T01:34:41Z")
Most useful course I took in high school was keyboarding 10. I can touch type, but I tend to look at the keys a lot. I was a decently fast typer before taking the class, using the four finger method, I’m faster now. Some of my friends bitch at me for responding too fast on MSN 😃 Still not stellar, but I was doing 30 wpm when I took the course. No idea how fast I am now though. Typos tend to slow me down. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-geeks-type/233163/42 "2004-03-10T01:45:56Z")
Touch type. Last time I checked, I was around 80 wpm, but that was an online test using a passage from a book that I am very familiar with, so I think that maybe it wasn’t completely accurate - I knew what was coming up next in the book. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-geeks-type/233163/43 "2004-03-10T02:54:06Z")
This is what I typel like with my ewyes closed. Ouch This is what I type like watching the screen. I can type about 35 wpm, If I know I am not being timed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-geeks-type/233163.md?page=2)