Through the years of tutoring IT, I have lost count at the number of times with new learners  young or old, who feel if they don't do moves on the mouse or the keyboard, at a fairly rapid pace, they are too stupid to learn computer skills. 

This mode of thinking often starts when someone new to IT skills, has taken up a course within a college class of  wide ranging abilities, of course in this situation some people will be faster than others. And newbies to computers can feel quite intimidated.   This can also occur within a family context when a well practiced relatives achieve what they want to do on a computer, in what appears to be no time at all.

Lets make an effort as tutors to try and  put a stop to this nonsense right now.  Speed does not equal intelligence or smart computing.  It is true to state ,that you do have to act a particular rate with some maneouvers , (The double click is an example.) or you won't be able to complete your task.  However, with most computer tasks your are not required to go at a 100 miles an hour.  

The most important thing is, learning how to do  IT tasks accurately. Those who appear to work at an incredible rate, have only been able to do so through practice.

We all have different rates in which we absorb information and skills.  There needs to be more of an awareness within the learning environment, that if two people are given the same IT skill to learn.  One person out of the pair may take longer than the other to master it.  This is not a mark against someone's ability to understand what they are doing.

I always address the speed myth when I start to tutor.  Once this is done the majority of the time I see a vast improvement in my student or client.