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RE: Typing requirement in a tech writing ad - how to respond?
Subject:RE: Typing requirement in a tech writing ad - how to respond? From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"Oja, W. Kelly" <w -dot- kelly -dot- oja -at- verizon -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:19:10 -0700 (PDT)
> Not to be confrontational, but where were you
> reared? I am 31 and typing
> was a required course where I went to high school in
> Montana.
Typing was required in school for me too, but it was
weighted as a pass/fail. No time limit, but if you
could touch type, you were good. I faked it well, so I
passed. My typing style still is unconventional.
- Goober
"What do you mean I can't look down when I'm typing?!?"
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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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