I took home-ec in jr. high cuz it seemed like fun. And my senior year of high school, I chose physics over typing. Then they re-worked the schedule a couple weeks into the school year, and a section of typing opened, so I grabbed it. I could type well enough to type my own papers in college, but I' a better file clrk than sectretary.
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Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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WindSparrow - Jan 23, 2015 8:48:39 am PST #16206 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 23, 2015 8:50:13 am PST #16207 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Secretaries don't really type anymore, though. Most people type their own stuff and we edit and format. I only type my own projects.
WindSparrow - Jan 23, 2015 8:55:00 am PST #16208 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Incidentally, does any one know the deal with iOs and spell-check?
Hil R. - Jan 23, 2015 9:05:24 am PST #16209 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My mother once told me that she considered taking a typing class in high school, and her mother told her not to, because once an employer found out that she could type, the only thing they'd hire her as would be a secretary.
Fred Pete - Jan 23, 2015 9:12:13 am PST #16210 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Typing was the best class I took in high school. It meant I could type my own papers in college and not have to pay someone else to do it for me. I think I still have the Brother manual typewriter that I received for high school graduation. (Yes, I went to college before the days of word processing.)
SailAweigh - Jan 23, 2015 9:47:12 am PST #16211 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Seriously, except for e-mails most of what I type are process documents for the office and lots of spreadsheets.
But, yeah, I know what you mean, Hil. I ran into that even in the military. Despite the fact I was a trained electronics technician, they tried to assign me to full-time office work at my first command. Uh, no.
Callaluna - Jan 23, 2015 10:32:36 am PST #16212 of 30002
Oy, askye, that is a sucktastic day. Feel better!
Atropa - Jan 23, 2015 10:57:13 am PST #16213 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
When I run the world, some sort of home-ec class would be manditory. How to sew a button, fix a hem, read a simple recipe, and the stuff I WISH I had been taught: how to balance a checkbook, how to keep track of your credit, how to read/negotiate a lease ... Basic "adulting 101" stuff. Some of which I still am super-wobbly on.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2015 10:59:43 am PST #16214 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Basic "adulting 101" stuff. Some of which I still am super-wobbly on.
Seriously. I wish I had been taught all that. Also auto shop.
Toddson - Jan 23, 2015 11:00:07 am PST #16215 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
My father insisted that I take home-ec in high school ... said it was because my mother hadn't learned to cook before they married (going by the results, I'm doubtful she learned afterwards). I didn't learn that much about cooking ... enough that I knew "creaming butter" didn't mean adding cream to the butter (something my mother did). I DID learn the basics of sewing, which did well for me - I made a fair number of my own clothes in high school, made costumes in college. And I learned the basics of embroidery, which I still do a little of.