Re: problem with siunitx and expl3.sty with MikTeX 2.9 last update (** off topic **)

> Pierre wrote:
>> the problem is that many students are too shy to send me
>> an e-mail and
>> lost a lot of time to find the solution by themselves and
>> I am afraid that
>> they will start to find LaTeX repulsive if this happen
>> too often.

On 7/20/2011 9:46 AM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Well if I were your student and would read in which tone you write
> about me - as if I were a three old which would burst into tears
> only because of an error and to afraid to ask back -- I would be
> rather affronted.


I urge more sympathy towards Pierre's difficulties.

The problem is that it takes time to create a normative
environment where students feel adequately free to ask what
they may fear are stupid questions.  Some may be from
cultures where they hesitate to "bother" a professor with
*any* questions at all.  But we need to get them up and
running as soon as possible.

So as an off-topic addition to the excellent technical
advice offered by Ulrike, I will mention that I've found
using a class listserv list for the students to be a great way
to make sure that student difficulties and any discovered
solutions are shared.

fwiw,
Alan Isaac


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