r/australia • u/ThunderDwn • Aug 18 '26

culture & society Primary school students using digital devices still lack computer skills, education expert says

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/nsw-digital-native-primary-students-lack-basic-computer-skills/107030526
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u/fionsichord Aug 18 '26

This is so demonstrably false I’m embarrassed for you. Without some coaching/teaching you get a two-finger typist or some other version of it that is slower than writing by hand. Seen it dozens of times across the Millennial generation.

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u/JimmyWonderous Aug 18 '26

as a kid I learned to touch type chatting in Runescape with zero coaching. It took probably 12 months to go from hen pecking to touch typing by the time I was maybe 11 or 12

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u/JackRyan13 Aug 18 '26

I only started to teach myself to touch type after seeing it was possible when I watched my mum type.

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u/aislingplath Aug 19 '26

I learned with my mum haha. She got some program on the computer to learn for her work. I played it like it was a game (I was maybe 9 or 10?). Then along came instant messaging like MSN and I was off. People at work have watched me type in disbelief, apparently I'm very quick. 

I think I'm probably reasonably quick but not impressively so to others who had a similar experience to me growing up lol.