Yep, it was in elementary school, we had typing lessons, we had to type all these crazy things from this book sometimes they didn't even make sense. Of course, typing day after day, you improve your speed and accuracy.
I took a few years of typing in high school. It was on manual typewriters. Its not that Im old.. Im only 24, but our school system is was way under-funded. ~lol~
I learned typing in about the fifth grade, took keyboarding classes throughout middle school so I learned how to type then. However most of it was from practice and practice. 😛