The Keyboard

Pondering useless information in my brain, I was wondering why the keyboard was arranged the way it is, instead of having the letters in alphabetical order? I did a little research, and Mrs. Koontz isn't going to be too happy. The original keyboard was designed to slow down they typist. For example, the letters 'a' and 's' were placed for use with the left hand using the third and fourth fingers (supposedly the weakest hand and fingers). I guess there are lots of words used with those letters! Of course, over the years we have had teachers like Bonnie who would use a ruler to smack your knuckles if you didn't have your hands placed properly or she'd put the dreaded piece of paper over your hands so you wouldn't look at the keyboard and you'd actually learn where the letters were on the keyboard! Thanks Mrs. Koontz! Now to figure out why the numbers on the keyboard are different than the numbers on a telephone! I'm guessing the keyboard was invented while we still had the rotary dial phones!