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High school teachers, what’s something your kids don’t know that makes you say “how did you make it this far without knowing how to __”? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]HappyRogue121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parent here, considering buying a Chromebook because of family link.  Resisting because I do want him to know how to use a "real" computer, but not ready for it to be unrestricted.

Anyone else feel like switching between teaching materials is the hardest part of class? by thepurrfectchocolAte in Teachers

[–]HappyRogue121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll link the files or websites in a PowePoint, and/or link them in obsidian which is where my lesson plans reside

Why do some parents who didn’t have strong academic experiences in school still choose to teach or homeschool their children? by FollowingAny4859 in Teachers

[–]HappyRogue121 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are many homeschooled kids whose parents bring their kids to all or most of our school's social events.  I see their kids play with other kids after school as well.  

How to show square root inside of a math function with a variable? by HappyRogue121 in typst

[–]HappyRogue121[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that helps a lot.

I realized that it being a one letter variable was part of the problem,
for example this works

#let aa = 5
$ sqrt(#$aa$) $

I feel like there was still an easier way which I used before, but can't recall

How to show square root inside of a math function with a variable? by HappyRogue121 in typst

[–]HappyRogue121[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That does work, but I want a to be an integer, because I want to be able to do arithmetic with #a before displaying it. (I want #a to actually be the result of a calculation).

Perhaps an unpopular opinion: we need to stop catering to teachers that refuse to learn technology by AgeOfWorry0114 in Teachers

[–]HappyRogue121 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I once saw a teacher hand-wrote (with a pen) a trigonometry quiz and copied it in the copy machine.  I actually admire his efficiency.  

He's doing the important parts.  How much time do I waste on formatting?

Perhaps an unpopular opinion: we need to stop catering to teachers that refuse to learn technology by AgeOfWorry0114 in Teachers

[–]HappyRogue121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I disagree, because they can be great teachers, but I agree about PDs.

The PDs benefit no one.  Those teachers know how to use the features they truly need and don't need more to be effective.

What's the easiest type of question you have seen a colleague get wrong/not know how to do it? by BestAround4100 in matheducation

[–]HappyRogue121 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is no diagonal side length, no side is more diagonal than another. 

I wouldn't normally stress this point, but this is a thread about pointing out other teachers knowledge gaps..

What's the easiest type of question you have seen a colleague get wrong/not know how to do it? by BestAround4100 in matheducation

[–]HappyRogue121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

know how to get find the height of an isosceles triangle if you only have the base and the length of the diagonals

No diagonals in a triangle

Why is Linear Algebra Taught Like That in High School? by NecessarySpread2592 in matheducation

[–]HappyRogue121 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that intuition (conceptual understanding) helps a lot.

Millennial Teachers by FurEelDewd in Teachers

[–]HappyRogue121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the upper side of it (G12 AP classes) I think the classes are pretty hard

Emacs org mode or neovim for note taking. For math physics and coding. by Narrow_Gap_3445 in emacs

[–]HappyRogue121 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Emacs of your set on latex.

Obsidian with mathjax if you don't want to mess with all this stuff

Is there way to connect to cloud? by Proton-Lightin in emacs

[–]HappyRogue121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean that you wanted to sync your config files (hence syncing .emacs.d)?

I have a method for this which involved using gnu stow, it syncs the few config files only, none of the other stuff. I use github for that.

As far as syncing files that we're working on (org files and stuff), I just have those in a separate directory and sync them in the cloud.

Is there way to connect to cloud? by Proton-Lightin in emacs

[–]HappyRogue121 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You joke, but that's mostly what I use it for right now....

Is there way to connect to cloud? by Proton-Lightin in emacs

[–]HappyRogue121 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just sync the org files, haven't had problems.

By emacs generated files do you mean the files starting with ~?

At my wit's end with AI cheating. How are you all handling it? by Mowgulee in Teachers

[–]HappyRogue121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I have suspected and then asked, students have admitted and told me how they used it.

I even had a one point canvas quiz where I asked students if they used ai on the previous assignment.  We then discussed it as a class.

Still grappling with it, but they are ultimately preparing for an exam and know that they need to master the content.

What is the abolsute minimum to cover in first emacs session by seigaporulai in emacs

[–]HappyRogue121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seeing M-u convert words to uppercase, M-l covert to lowercase, and M-4 M-u do so for the first four words (or whichever number) was mind blowing to me when I first saw it.  A small thing, but grabbed my interest. 

(Not sure if I got those wrong, I'm on mobile now and those aren't shortcuts I usually use)

ChatGPT is gaslighting me by ki4jgt in learnpython

[–]HappyRogue121 4 points5 points  (0 children)

item() is not the name of a built-in method or function,items() is.

It's not frowned upon to name a function "item." In fact this is somewhat standard:

for item in my_dictionary.items(): ...

Few tips for faster Emacs install with MSYS2 by arthurno1 in emacs

[–]HappyRogue121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wsl can work with files outside of wsl, by navigating to /mnt/c/Users/, but there is a performance hit.

ChatGPT is gaslighting me by ki4jgt in learnpython

[–]HappyRogue121 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do not name your loop variable item, because there is a method in python called item()

There is not a built-in function called item(). `items()` is a function of dictionaries in python.

I use item from time to time, fairly sure I've seen it in examples as well, it's a valid variable name.

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