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The First Teaching Post

Okay, all you math fans...I put up my first teaching post.  If you're a teacher, you'll recognize the need for a good explanation.  So very, very, very (did I mention VERY?) many students get this wrong.  I'm open to suggestions on improving my style for this project, so please comment (praise or suggestions) here if you feel the urge.

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Thanks for your blogging, but please stop using double spaces, it makes text much harder to read. Thanks.

hey. welcome back.
speaking of layout complaints,
the type in the _spectrometer_
is way too small and doesn't size.
anyhow, no doggone math.

_eloquently_ is another story.
never mind that other guy,
i'd like to know how you
lay out the displays ...
i know *i* can't do it ...

yes, i'm having trouble getting the default fonts right.

by 'laying out the displays', i assume you mean the equations. i cheat. i format them with an equation editor in a word-processing program, then take screen snap-shot, convert it to a jpeg, and upload it to the blog as a picture. cumbersome, but i get the equations to look just how i want them.

"...then take screen snap-shot, convert it to a jpeg, and upload it to the blog as a picture."

this sounds like something
i might actually be able
to figure out how to do; thanks.

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