In high school in the 80’s, we had to take typing before we could take any of the nascent computer classes. Computers were still considered “business devices” and you had to be able to type before you could take any of the other business classes. At the time I heavily resented it, but that’s probably been the single most useful class of my entire HS experience. I’ve certainly used it almost every day of my life for the past 30 years or so!
If someone switched around the keys labels, I’d be fine for alphanumeric operations or numpad functions as I don’t think I’d notice either, really. The special functions, however, might be a bit less obvious. (Which one of these mutes the sound again?)
