My experience in typing

"Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a better relationship and a new ending to the bad memories. Its an opportunity to enjoy life, breathe freely, think and love. Be grateful for this beautiful day".

Norton Juster

Heaved a sigh!!! It's sure a beautiful day, even though at the start of the morning, I was feeling dizzy while in the family's morning devotion. I slept at 1:50am and was woken up by my Dad for prayer and when I checked the time, it was 5:50am. I only had 4hrs of sleep. Am I not depriving myself of sleep considering that we wake at 6am and instead of sleeping early?

I just need to grind more just as Jane would say. It was my sister's turn to take the devotion as she led us in praise and worship and prayed. My cousins were all laughing at me because I was already asleep in the middle of everything and it was the sound of the last Amen for the closing prayer that woke me up.

After praying, I went inside, still feeling sleepy but had to force myself to wake up while I did my own personal prayer with my devotion. Then, I checked the Hive community since I am expecting the instructions for our last challenge ending this week by Dreemport. I quickly did other things by exercising, jogging around the house four times, then taking a walk down the street, then returning back home. Everything I did amounted to 30 minutes.

I was inspired to write how I learned how to type on a computer or laptop when I read a post where the user said she is planning to buy a laptop with Bch money. I can't remember the user but if you are reading this, then you will know I am referring to your post.

When I was still in secondary school, I didn't know anything about laptops or computers and the first time I saw it, I was surprised at how it is being operated and I am always amazed when I see people typing on it and would wonder how they are typing on it. Then, I knew android phones too and dreaded having one so I can also be sliding left and right, up and down with just the tip of my fingers.

At the age of 15yrs, my Dad took me to enroll in a cafe and to be taught how to operate on computers because I was preparing to write my Post Utme exam and it's a computer based test. I learnt this for 3 months and I stopped because my dad couldn't afford the money. While I was learning, my boss taught me how to type fast using Mavis Beacon's Typing Software.

This is a software designed to help people type faster by learning its systems. There are lessons to take, games to play which will help you type faster.

I started with learning how to make use of all fingers to type. It was difficult at the beginning when I was instructed in using different fingers because they each have their functions. I was slow at first but gradually, I started typing at an average speed even though I wasn't using the fingers as instructed because it was hard. My boss saw how I was improving but without making use of each finger because it makes it slow. He explained the importance of using all fingers but I skipped it. What matters is learning how to use the computer and typing fast especially when the exam is around the corner.

The exam came and I traveled to my state to write the Post Utme exam in 2012 in Unilorin (University of Ilorin, Kwara state). When we got inside, we were all given different computers while no one was there to help us. When we were told to start, I was confused on how to put the computer on as it was totally different from the one at my boss's place. I was lost. I called one of the supervisors assigned to our seat and asked how to switch on the system. The reply I got shocked me as I was embarrassed while all eyes were set on me. He said "Don't you know how to put it on? You are on your own"

I was shaking and also scared because others already started. I finally figured a way out to put it on and the time started. We were all given 40 minutes to answer all questions even though I was slow to finish all. I couldn't finish it all because it was automatically submitted for me. I left the hall in the hope that I would be admitted.

Unfortunately I wasn't admitted as I was down with 4 marks. Out of 50 for the score, I got 46. It really pained me but I had to let it go.

When I got my first laptop in 2016 through a God sent, the first thing I did was to install Mavis Beacon and start learning again since I wasn't going to the cafe again. I had to learn on my own through the software while I was enjoying it. I began to type, also with the help of an Android phone I started using then. I learnt the basics of computers and how to switch them on and off.

This morning while engaging on Hive, I did research on who Mavis Beacon is and surprisingly, it wasn't a real human being as I thought then. It was just a software designed in 1987. The lady called "Mavis Beacon" wasn't real but fictional. The name's idea was given by a man named Les Crane, a company chairman and a former talk show host who gave the name "Mavis" because he was a fan of the famous singer called Mavis Staples, and the "Beacon" was because of the inference of beacon light to guide one's way. That was how the name "Mavis Beacon" was birthed.

Just a snippet of the lady that was used as Mavis Beacon

Her identity is known and she has a name that rivals Mavis Beacon's in memorability and grandeur: Renée L'Esperance. She was discovered while working as a salesperson at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills in the '80s and paid $500 for a one-time photoshoot, according to Abrams.

Click here to take you to the source. Also, the image of Mavis Beacon was gotten from the link.

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