Yes, i know how difficult it is to get into U.C.L.A. due to their minority quota. My daughter didn't get in and was a 3.9 due to their accepting International students, as the pay is higher and they had quota's. U.C. schools are tough these days and I hear it can take six years to graduate due to overcrowding. We were happy to send her to Northwestern a private and better/smaller Univ., where she soared, so thank you U.C.L.A., she does fine, and we saved since she was seven with no one helping us....Northwestern and Masters from Loyola.@scorpionshar777 wrote:
I went to community college in LACCD . There we're many students who can't get into UCLA or Cal State college. For those of you who don't know it takes five years to transfer from a LACCD college to Any California university. They have a path to university.. many use up their SL money on community college and then no funds for a Cali university.
@Niner wrote:
I got an email today offering $10 for an apartment shop (Intellishop) and it had a target. This was for an on-site visit.
@sandyf wrote:
Yes, typing was a required course in middle school/junior high in my day. It was my worst subject. No keyboards back then.
@scorpionshar777 wrote:
Oh I took computer keyboard skills and before that typing. I'm a fast typer. I don't hunt and peck. LOL
@JASFLALMT wrote:
I was about 60 WPM before, but now I type very fast (85-90 WPM).
@Msaddict wrote:
You think it is because of low fees? I think it is because they want money.
@sandyf wrote:
From what I remember girls, who then become women, have better fine motor skills than boys do. Some things are not sexist but rather due to a difference in the actual makeup of females vs males. Of course there are always the outliers in either sex. When I was in Junior High the typing was mandatory for boys and girls. In grade school the girls needed to learn to sew an apron and head covering to wear in the mandatory cooking class while the boys did woodworking. I think I would have found those skills (woodworking, metal shop and all those "boys" classes the schools have abandoned for safety reasons) much more useful today than the "girls" skills. In cooking class we learned to make corn flakes and milk. We did not have ovens at school.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
@JASFLALMT wrote:
I was about 60 WPM before, but now I type very fast (85-90 WPM).
That's interesting. I don't think it was mandatory for me, but I took typing around the same age. At the time I didn't really appreciate it, but as computers soon became ubiquitous in my career, I was glad to have the ability...though my typing has unquestionably slowed with age...as has my driving
I used to be able to type up a dinner report in 45 minutes and now it can take me over an hour, though I probably spend more time at a keyboard each day than I did 15 years ago when I typed faster.
Do others find that their typing has improved with age? I do actually recall reading reports that there is evidence of women having more digital agility and keeping later in life...which I know sounds sexist, but may be partially the related to the genesis of female secretaries.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
I have small hands too, not sure if that makes a difference or not.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
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Interesting interpretation on word definitions. Smug does sound a little arrogant, right? I would use self-satisfaction over smug. Awhile back I used the word sarcasm about something and you thought that word had a bitter, negative connotation and that the word "witty" would be better. I am not saying either of us is wrong or right in our interpretation, it's just interesting, that's all.
@MFJohnston wrote:
As a note: You have to be very careful with this. There are at least a few MSC's that state point-blank that they do not want you to do this. And, as you said, if you choose to use this option, you need to be sure to proof-read well.
I use this sort of technology to text my wife while driving... The spelling issues and lack of punctuation would make the proofreading in a narrative-heavy report too much of a bear for me, so I am much happier just typing.
@Mert wrote:
I type 80-90 wpm. But, I talk faster. Most computers and cell phones have voice to text functions. Proof-reading is required, but completing reports is still faster.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
There was a very tall gal in our transcription class who could never get past 75 WPM and she was always frustrated that she couldn't increase her speed. I think it had something to do with the length of her fingers and not being able to position them closer to the keys, or maybe her fingertips were too big to hit the keys with accuracy and it slowed her down. Maybe they should make keyboards larger for those with larger hands? Just a thought.
@MFJohnston wrote:
As for typing speed, I find the size of the keyboard I'm using makes a huge difference.
@Flash wrote:
For a touch typist the non-standard size of these keyboards will slow them down, as will switching to a different key arrangement keyboard. What does change drastically between standard keyboards is the feel of the keys, the amount of pressure needed on them to depress and their distance from the front edge.
@jennifer2016 wrote:
Can someone tell me how these posts about typing are relevant to this thread?? Am I missing something here?