Learning how to type will help you in the future, because you will do lots of things with the computer later on.  The computer does the things we do not want to do in a easier and faster way.

When you are in 12th grade and almost off to college you are going to write a letter to the college you want to go about why that school is good for you. Of course you are going to do in the computer so it can be neat. So their is lots of things you need to do in the computer , so that is why you need to know how to type.