💬 Quoted: “I never learned to type because I wasn't that generation, and now I regret it,”

A growing number of tech-savvy Gen Zers can do anything on a computer – except type in a timely and accurate manner. Experts say a significant portion of educators and parents in recent years have falsely assumed the generation’s tech-savviness would automatically translate into typing skills, so many teens today never learned how to type.

• The percentage of US high school graduates who took a keyboarding course has fallen from 44% in 2000 to just 2.5% as of 2019, per the most recent Department of Education data.
• Evidence also indicates Gen Z’s lack of typing proficiency on computers stems from their preference for touch screens over traditional keyboards, even when completing writing-heavy schoolwork. According to online platform Canvas, 39% of all assignments that students submitted between March and May of this year were uploaded from mobile devices.

🏨 Stat of the Day: American hotels are increasingly catering to the Logan Roys of the world rather than the Al Bundys. Over the first half of this year, 80 US hotels had an average room rate of at least $1,000/day, up from 22 in 2019, per new data from real-estate analytics firm CoStar Group. Analysts say the stark increase – which far outpaces the opening of new hotels – shows that while inflation-weary budget travelers are pulling back on spending, more affluent US consumers still have vacation money to blow.

🤔 Did You Know? The Paralympic Games began in 1948 as a way to help motivate and rehabilitate military servicemen and women who had returned home from World War II after sustaining a spinal injury.

📰 Worth a Read: Mongolia’s ‘Forbidden Zone’ Is Guarding an 800-Year-Old Secret → (Atlas Obscura)