I sub at my local junior high and high school. These kids are on devices most awake hours of the day, but you’re absolutely correct … they can’t copy and paste or create anything meaningful on a computer, and they don’t know how to type! They slowly “hunt and peck” and often type out short phrases or a word or two instead of sentences because of it. I had a student marvel that I could type “so fast” … their mind was blown that in high school I had to take an entire semester typing class using a typewriter, not a computer.
Ha! Was your typing class electric or manual? But yes, actual typing is barely taught now - because apparently all you need is thumbs on a screen. Meanwhile almost every teen I know presently has the handwriting of a third grader. 😬
I sub at my local junior high and high school. These kids are on devices most awake hours of the day, but you’re absolutely correct … they can’t copy and paste or create anything meaningful on a computer, and they don’t know how to type! They slowly “hunt and peck” and often type out short phrases or a word or two instead of sentences because of it. I had a student marvel that I could type “so fast” … their mind was blown that in high school I had to take an entire semester typing class using a typewriter, not a computer.
Ha! Was your typing class electric or manual? But yes, actual typing is barely taught now - because apparently all you need is thumbs on a screen. Meanwhile almost every teen I know presently has the handwriting of a third grader. 😬
It was an electric typewriter, and I used to sneak in correction tape! 😂