Re:good idea but wrong age (Score 4, Interesting)

Agreed! I took a Scheidegger touchtyping course when I was around 10 years old, on one of ye olde electric typewriters, and it turns out that it is one of the most useful things I ever learned. Well, math and spelling are very useful too, of course, but touchtyping is a skill that has served me throughout my professional life.

The problem is that in elementary school, most teachers don't know how to touch type, so how could they teach the children? The teachers should be taught first!