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I used plain for a few years but it has some problems. I now use faint lined paper. Usually Muji notebooks. I leave a blank line between each statement. The lin

I used plain for a few years but it has some problems. I now use faint lined paper. Usually Muji notebooks. I leave a blank line between each statement. The lines are handy if you want to make something readable and well aligned which is fairly important. Scans fine. My kids were forced to use heavily marked blue squared paper. They had problems writing and reading. I pointed this out to their mathematics teacher and said that it may be detrimental and got a diatribe of “what do you know”. Such a bad attitude. I had an answer to this which was embarrassing to him.

RandomBacon 2y ago
Engineering Paper FTW (for the win): https://www.amazon.com/Tops-Engineering-Computation-Punched-35500/dp/B001J87JTM/ https://www.amazon.com/Tops-Engineering-Computation-Punched-... I assume most middle school teachers specify how papers should be organized in binders and labeled with names, dates, etc; but below was my method I developed halfway through college: Top Margin use: left - name, center - class, right - date One binder per semester; a divider for each class; handouts, tests, etc were hole-punched and placed with my notes in chronological order. If my notes didn't make sense as I was copying down what the professor did, I would rewrite my notes later that day while figuring the problem-solving process out and making the notes/arithmetic easier to follow. This method also applied to non-math-related classes.
- ramenbytes 2y ago
  I love engineering paper too! My weapon of choice is this pad: https://www.rspaperproducts.com/products/95182/ https://www.rspaperproducts.com/products/95182/ I have not tried the Tops yet, I think because I saw somewhere it was thinner? I like the slightly thicker paper the buff pads come with, and it plays nice with my fountain pens.
- fujinghg 2y ago
  Worth nothing you don't need squared for mathematics. Not even slightly. Most of the stuff is written in English with a few lines of other stuff between.
  - RandomBacon 2y ago
    I don't think I needed squares for any of my notes. Graphes that I drew were just approximate. The squares are great for indentations, lists, tables, etc. My notes always looked sharper on engineering paper than regular ruled paper.

RandomBacon 2y ago

Engineering Paper FTW (for the win): https://www.amazon.com/Tops-Engineering-Computation-Punched-35500/dp/B001J87JTM/ https://www.amazon.com/Tops-Engineering-Computation-Punched-... I assume most middle school teachers specify how papers should be organized in binders and labeled with names, dates, etc; but below was my method I developed halfway through college: Top Margin use: left - name, center - class, right - date One binder per semester; a divider for each class; handouts, tests, etc were hole-punched and placed with my notes in chronological order. If my notes didn't make sense as I was copying down what the professor did, I would rewrite my notes later that day while figuring the problem-solving process out and making the notes/arithmetic easier to follow. This method also applied to non-math-related classes.

ramenbytes 2y ago
I love engineering paper too! My weapon of choice is this pad: https://www.rspaperproducts.com/products/95182/ https://www.rspaperproducts.com/products/95182/ I have not tried the Tops yet, I think because I saw somewhere it was thinner? I like the slightly thicker paper the buff pads come with, and it plays nice with my fountain pens.
fujinghg 2y ago
Worth nothing you don't need squared for mathematics. Not even slightly. Most of the stuff is written in English with a few lines of other stuff between.
- RandomBacon 2y ago
  I don't think I needed squares for any of my notes. Graphes that I drew were just approximate. The squares are great for indentations, lists, tables, etc. My notes always looked sharper on engineering paper than regular ruled paper.