The worst advice I ever got was that I didn’t need to take that typing class in high school. I believe I was told this by my parents, guidance counselors and peers. Obviously, I would be a big shot doing big-shot stuff, and typing would be taken care of by secretaries! I was happy to take this advice because I assumed (correctly) that I would be a bad typist, and I didn’t want to get a bad grade in high school class. The folly of leaving this gap in my knowledge became apparent as soon as I entered college, where they started asking that I TYPE my papers. It was even worse in graduate school. I did indeed manage to get by at my jobs with the help of skilled secretaries, but then along came COMPUTERS! I am now a self-taught, and not very good, typist! (DR)