>friend taking analysis class
>teacher is making him use LaTeX on homework
>he's never used LaTeX
>gives them pre-fabbed document to fill in their answers
>look at document
>has about 50 \usepackages and half a page of macro definitions
>uses said macros throughout the document
>even I'm fucking confused by this shit
>friend getting frustrated
>tell him to just make a blank doc and do it from scratch
>refuses because he thinks he'll lose points
I'm honestly pissed at that instructor, she wants them to learn LaTeX but she's made it so bastardized and convoluted that they're not able to learn anything. I would understand if the students were expected to know it to begin with, but throwing that shit at a bunch of noobs is fucking retarded.