&, Oh &, Wherefore art thou &?

I work at a desk all day long and every day I have a need to use the ampersand key on my keyboard. (ya know, this thing ---> & <---)

The problem is that I can never find the key on my keyboard. I mean, eventually I find it, but it takes a second.

If I need to enter an "s" I know exactly where it is, sandwiched in between the "a" and "d". Likewise, the the "F5" key is fittingly placed right between the "F4" and "F6" keys.

So, who decided to put the "&" where it is?

First of all, it's not even a real key, it's a secondary key. Whoever thought up the modern keyboard apparently didn't think the "&" was a strong enough character to stand alone. It needs the help of the CTRL key and the "7" in order to make it to print. Whatever.

Secondly, why is it in in the same range of fellow secondary characters as the "^" and "*". Who uses the "^"? What does that even mean? And the asterisk? An asterisk is only used* when you couldn't fit everything you wanted to say about something in the original sentence!

*In musical notation, the * indicates when the sustain pedal on a piano should be lifted.

In conclusion, I move to have the "^" replaced with "&" so that both the "6" and "7" keys have the ampersand as the secondary character. Also, the key up in the top left that has "`" and "~" should be done away with and hold only the "&".

That is all.