I'm quick to share that, despite some very good teachers in some really fascinating classes in high school, hands down the most useful course I ever took was a semester of typing.  I learned on a manual and moved up to an electric.  It's a skill I've used every single day of my life - pretty much literal truth, that - for at least the past decade.  It's been a part of my weekly life probably since high school.  It saw me through high school journalism work, college papers, and into a variety of writing projects that continue to this day.  While I wouldn't be caught dead using a typewriter these days, I mourn their passing.  Or at least their near, almost sort-of passing.

I average 100+ wpm, and will stick with full-sized computer keyboards for as long as they keep making those.