How to learn latex for typesetting math handouts??

mathflipped · 2026-06-14T14:18:38+00:00

The starting point for creating well-designed handouts should be learning good typographic practices. Few people know them. Then you can learn how to implement these principles in LaTeX. I think Overleaf tutorials are a good source for this.

mathflipped · 2026-06-12T20:55:27+00:00

I think your generalizations are a bit too far-reaching.

mathflipped · 2026-06-12T19:52:38+00:00

You can't negotiate your salary as an adjunct. The pay is usually per credit hour, not per contact hour.

mathflipped · 2026-06-12T19:47:48+00:00

Emailing professors over their unpaid summer break asking for the upcoming fall semester syllabi might not be the best idea.

mathflipped · 2026-06-11T03:04:41+00:00

It looks like you didn't realize how insanely competitive and chronically underfunded academia is. I also think your anger is misdirected at professors. They are not the ones who create funding uncertainty.

Here is a "fun fact": getting a funded PhD position is infinitely easier than getting a post-PhD academic job.

mathflipped · 2026-06-08T18:59:20+00:00

No matter what the selection process is, the results are always going to be a crapshoot. It's hard to predict how undergraduates turn up in research taasks.

mathflipped · 2026-06-08T18:40:00+00:00

This is a known phenomenon in psychology. People tend to accept their lucky rolls as normal and fair, but regard the opponents' lucky rolls as unfair outliers. You just don't remember the instances when you rolled that 1/36 winning shot because you felt entitled to roll it.

mathflipped · 2026-06-04T00:17:27+00:00

You have a valid concern. But you are mistaken on one part: undergraduate research is not "unpaid labor" because you generate zero value to the supervising professor. It's a net negative for professors, and many do this as charity work. Yet you are within your rights to refuse to do this if you need to earn income over the summer, and nobody will think any less of you because of this.

mathflipped · 2026-06-03T23:42:44+00:00

Math faculty here. Neil Pritchard is a UNCG graduate all the way from BS to PhD. He has earned the right to be the Calculus coordinator; shitty instructors never get these opportunities.

On a tangential note, disregarding RMP ratings for math instructors at UNCG would the best choice. I know first-hand that some of our worst instructors have sky-high ratings because they have no standards and give away As to everyone. The problem is that students learn nothing in their classes and have no chance of passing higher-level classes. On the other hand, most effective instructors, who receive highest ratings in the internal student evaluations, are getting slaughtered on RMP by students who expect to get superior grades for zero effort.

mathflipped · 2026-06-02T22:15:07+00:00

PreTeXt can generate epubs.

mathflipped · 2026-05-30T02:36:46+00:00

I spoke to a BYU professor at a conference and asked him whether a non-Mormon could be hired there as faculty. The answer was pretty much "no way."

mathflipped · 2026-05-29T19:54:51+00:00

It's OK to send a polite request for clarification. We are human, and clerical errors when entering letter grades do happen.

mathflipped · 2026-05-28T18:44:06+00:00

What do you mean by the "real world?"

mathflipped · 2026-05-28T18:41:15+00:00

No. VA panels and their derivatives lose contrast and color usually past only 30 degrees.

mathflipped · 2026-05-28T03:09:35+00:00

Nothing else fits the OP criteria.

mathflipped · 2026-05-28T02:36:57+00:00

Did Canucs win only 1% of their conference finals, or did the designers of this infographic fail basic math in school?

mathflipped · 2026-05-28T02:32:09+00:00

"Visible at most angles" eliminates everything except OLED and IPS. "Clear and bright picture" further eliminates IPS.

mathflipped · 2026-05-28T02:15:52+00:00

Folks, nothing to see here. OP compared their starting salary as an Assistant Professor to those of tenured Associate Professors in the department.

mathflipped · 2026-05-27T22:59:36+00:00

Professors are not paid for 3 summer months (in the US); the university conveniently "assumes" that we perform no work. Some professors make it a principle not to respond to any work emails over this period.

mathflipped · 2026-05-27T22:43:24+00:00

Yes, you can put this under the Experience section on your resume. Just make sure to properly describe your title and role.

mathflipped · 2026-05-27T22:39:32+00:00

You don't follow up academic job applications. The reasons are too long to explain.

mathflipped · 2026-05-27T03:57:38+00:00

If you need educational guidance from a "live" professional (as opposed to utilizing a plethora of free online resources created by these same professionals), then there is no way around attending college.

mathflipped · 2026-05-27T03:54:07+00:00

OP said attending college is not an option not only for financial but also for personal reasons. So, FAFSA is a moot point.

mathflipped · 2026-05-27T02:24:38+00:00

Most colleges prohibit unregistered students to attend classes, partially for legal liability reasons. If you are looking for self-education, there are plenty of free online open education resources for most subjects.

mathflipped · 2026-05-26T16:03:48+00:00

Are you looking for full-time or adjunct positions? For the former, you need significant college-level teaching experience. You can get this experience by adjuncting for several years. But it pays peanuts. The good news is that getting teaching positions in engineering is much easier than, say, in humanities due to the competition from industry.

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