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Jan 31, 2022 9:08 PM
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JacksRedDog
My kids school stil has it, its just called media now and they're learning baby code.
Kimbret
I took Fortran in junior college, boxes of punchcards
versusentropy
my grandma was computer
OregonComputerGuy
This makes me feel old. I recall how excited I was to get my first abacus, made math so much easier
InfinitusEquitas
Found the vampire.
LegendaryBill
Yeah, it was called "Keyboarding", you infant. Lol
Syko73
I was in school before Computers were a class. My first time "surfing the web" was in college
thornofnight
Not only did it used to be a class, but I was in that sweet spot. Already knew the stuff, THEN took all the classes. Straight A grades!
ashleysdad24
I remember having to take BASIC for a whole damn year that year was 1987-1988
ScienceIsNotALiberalConspiracy
I got college "language" credits toward graduation for pascal & fortran. Didn't need to take English or Spanish.
AnEngineerWithNoFriends
So did typing. On a typewriter...
ScienceIsNotALiberalConspiracy
Manual, or IBM Selectric?
AnEngineerWithNoFriends
Both, mostly a Selectric. Some daisy-wheels in the end but my least favorite.
youreathing
"Data Processing"
StrangePaegan
We had a special “temporary” trailer for it; our school qualified for a grant to get them because of how many “migrant” children attended.
StrangePaegan
Quotes since I counted as “migrant” because a parent was a long-haul truck driver. Only those kids got to use the computers at first.
Lulabel73
I had typing and bookkeeping. (When they trained you to be a secretary)
thevortexmaster
Yes, I'm 40
fiveclovers
I'm old enough for that...and old enough that people my age still don't know how to work a computer.
bound4doom
Hah, I had the IBM ball Typewriter class. Clicket clack ka-ching. fuck i'm old
cjandstuff
Meanwhile people today. "What's a file extension?" "What's a folder tree?"... I 100% blame Apple for this.
depressedscientist
“Keyboarding 101” used word processors.
shonenjump1
Maybe I'mtoo young (30), but I always had computer classes. We learned html, photoshop, 3d modeling, flash animation, etc.
Brhino
We had one computer, for the class. And if you were very, very lucky, it was your turn to play Oregon Trail.
HitTheSackJack
I never got that opportunity
FrankBrayman
Treasure Mountain for us. Backyard Baseball for the neighboring class. ;_;
Careycat
We had one computer for the district. We *dialed* the phone and set the handset in a modem box to connect. Keyboard, card reader and printer
bogus1983
Man, I used to fight kids for the chance to play with the turtle in Logo Writer on the shiny new Apple ii.
awkwardbeautiful
We had one room in the school that had the computers and we had class once a week.
killernerd
same, but it was once every other week. I'm not even sure anymore what exactly we did there but it was fun.
awkwardbeautiful
Tbh, ours may have been once every other week. That was 25-30 years ago. I just can’t remember.
killernerd
yeah same, talking 20 odd years ago so it's more of a feeling than actually remembering
RARusk
Lemonade on the Apple II in 1979 for me. I was 12 then.
HelpfulCorn
Wow I forgot about that game!
SomeKindOfEye
We had an acorn archimedes, it was pretty grim tbh
Ittybittybroad
Best part of indoor recess
RobertTheBruise
We had one PDP-10 computer for several school districts, on a timesharing network using rotary phones and 300bpm acoustic coupled modems.
MasterChristopher
Ah, I'm in the "4 computers for the class" age group. (In High School we started having multiple dedicated computer "labs")
LuthierVandross
We had 4 for the whole school.
Boomkitty2954
We had one computer for the school. It was in a rolling cart. Went from grade to grade.
GerberLegalTeam
Had a class in highschool that taught how to actually take em apart and stuff.
NoFuxToGive
I was in the first computer class(public school) in my state. There was only 8 of us.
ScienceIsNotALiberalConspiracy
Punchcards, PET, Commodore 64, Tandy, or Apple?
NoFuxToGive
Apple
wuttwuttinthebuttbutt
Is it not still? It really probably should be.. It should just be taken a lot more seriously than when I had it.
nero4ty2
From the comments sounds like it really varies, kids in my district get chromebooks in 1st grade and learn how to use them pretty well
JS87
Fuck. I remember my school converting to marker boards over chalkboards back in the 90’s and thinking ‘how modern’
daPandaVoter
It is. Kids start coding in kindergarten now.
commentsivehadafew
Computer used to be a job title
ExTechOp
A person performing mathematical calculations. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)
SgtKnux
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
I think it still is? No?
RaytheForgetful
I'm still in highschool. Computer science is a class still
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Thanks for confirming!
ghsdkgb
It's divided up into like coding and design and such
Ventorath
I'm 27. When I was in High School we had "Computer Applications". Which was basically just Typing + Office products.
PandAnomoly
Ah, so it's matured. That's good to know I had no clue they still had any form of computer class
Ventorath
(and it was an elective)
BaconAlmighty
Typewriting used to be a class. Ya'll this old?
Kakeukh
Yup.
TheUglyGuy
Learned to type on a manual typewriter. Only the advanced "business typing" class got to use the electrics.
panamjck
my college major was typesetting, youngsters!
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
I took typewriting, and we had to use old typewriters the first months, to build up muscle memory. Used computers for the rest of the year.
Snooj
Yes and it was the best class I ever took in high school. The only one that taught me skills I use every day.
newsguycraigevans
Yes. Now get off my lawn.
merlok13
Cuneiform used to be a class. Y'all this old?
RedneckWizard
Ew no
idrinkcheapbeer
Underwood mechanical typewriters in typing class, Commodore 64s for computer class.
LifesLittleLunatic
In 4 years I went from calligraphy to electric typewriter to Mac then windows. We moved a lot lol
demodokhos
I actually had an abacus class in 2nd grade
Zaranthan
I managed to walk the tail cusp of it. I had keyboarding in elementary school, computer in middle school, practiced myself up to 80 WPM 1/2
Zaranthan
2/2 in high school, and by the time I got out of college typing was no longer a marketable skill.
HypnoCT
I took both typing and Computers in the same year 9th grade. Typing class had nice electric units, and computing was on Apple IICs!
Puppersforall
I am indeed this old.
killernerd
In elementary I did go to an after-school class to learn how to type blind with 2 hands. Don't regret it, good skill to have
delusionaldaydreams
Yes, unfortunately.
LesbianBrotherhood
Yep...4 hours a week for 2 years in 1987-88.
RadiDaddy
Typing class on IBM Selectrics, but I used a Penncrest portable or an Olivetti manual monster at home.
BaconAlmighty
Hi Tom Hanks
RadiDaddy
I’ve wondered if he has models of our old typewriters in his collection.
PerritoFeo
I am! Hated that class with all my heart, but turned out to be one of the few skills they tought me that I use to the day.
twocowgarage
I took typing in my freshman year. My school got computers my senior year.
KyraLee
My class was call keyboarding. Some got computers and some got electric typewriters.
tinybartender
I took "Keyboarding and Word Processing" in high school on macintosh computers
IAlwaysUpvoteSunsets
Same!
EroticZombiePants
I had that. I still type using like 3 or 4 fingers though.
tyrunn
Entire room of typewriters at one of my schools
RCSpotz
I took Typing in 8th grade, on a MECHANICAL typewriter!!!
Megadentron
I mean I am, but only bc we moved to a rural town in the late 90a that couldn't afford a computer lab
NCGreasemonkey
Ok. Mechanic. Yes did typewriting. In 13 words. Out 9. Dial-up AOL got me to 100 plus. Age has slowed me. But i still hear the Baud tones.
PinkEater
Mechanical, electric, or computer? Yes.
BorrowAFeeling
My cheap ass school had both computers and typing...both consisted of learning to type and nothing else.
arkthan
i took a typing class in high school to help me with all the papers i was going to be writing in college. i still use some of what i learned
UrKungFuNoGood
I had auto shop and wood shop
foo431
Though I was the last class too take it, I took a shorthand class in high school. Really helped with note taking in college
snortchuckle
*vigorous head nodding*. Took shorthand in high school too. Damn useful in college and still use it regularly in meetings today.
foo431
It was always funny when people asked to see my notes. I would say sure, but I don't think it'll help you ?
snortchuckle
I KNOW! Taking an essay test back in high school and running out of time, my brain reverted to shorthand. Got called into teachers office :/
foo431
It must have looked like your were having a stroke ?
Davrem
I took "keyboarding" in grade 9, which taught you home row on a QWERTY and how to type fast.
storebrandproductmascot
I fucked around and got in trouble in Keyboarding to the point where the teacher kicked me off the computer and put me on an old typewriter.
HapilyDamaged
was a prerequisite for me in high school. Then they discontinued the computer program the following year because the internet was just a fad
Davrem
jdfotopoop
are we not using QWERTY anymore?
pizzapartyhard
Lots of apps don’t. Some just go straight ABC. These are digital keyboards though.
sleix
Nah, them kids got SWYPE these days...
Davrem
We didn't always, just saying I'm not so old that I predate QWERTY
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
It should still be. It's not like all kids have access to them, and even those who do aren't learning how exactly they work.
Wetceleryandaflyinghelmet
yep. I work with young adults and I couldn't count how many times I've taught copy & paste
repeatuntilnotsad
Can confirm as a former hs teacher; teens turn in shit in green comic sans and think it’s cute. YES but not pRoFeSsIoNal
eljohno1
It's important to learn how use the various tools and functions many programs, excel, for instance.
Kennisibueno
I work in a college accommodations office, we get a lot of students even without accomm. asking for help with basic software
AtypicalMammal
They should be definitely a class about how to properly use the internet and not get scammed or bullshitted
AtypicalMammal
But it will probably get quickly shut down by "concerned parents" after their kids say Fox News is not a reliable source
Dragonfury5
And just like then, typing should be included. Still a massive plus in the job field having a high wpm rate
AtypicalMammal
10 years ago kids were just naturally fast typers, but I bet now those skills being lost because they are typing on the phone instead
AtypicalMammal
I know I'm losing my keyboard wpm because I almost never do any typing on anything other than the phone.
AtypicalMammal
Honestly, typing on big keyboard might just be becoming irrelevant like writing cursive. More and more people are just doing voice to text
skywards
I'm teaching digital art to game design students age 17-20, it's baffling how little they know about using computers as a whole.
pthalio
Its all phones and tablets now
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
Phones and tablets still work on the same principles. If all they know is how to download games and go on the internet, they're not>
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
skywards
Yup. I'd be all for teaching them computer basics in school again so I didn't have to explain stuff like copy + paste.
nero4ty2
Weird, that’s part of my first graders homework
petrolhead1987
Adults are just as bad. I've lost count of how many times I walk through my works admin office, and see them all having hardware problems.
petrolhead1987
There was one guy complaining that his keyboard didn't work, I almost slapped him when I saw that he plugged it into a iphone charger.