in retrospect, i can see why you might say that, but as noted in my previous reply i selected those paragraphs deliberately though i understand now it would hav

in retrospect, i can see why you might say that, but as noted in my previous reply i selected those paragraphs deliberately though i understand now it would have maybe helped to say a few words about why i thought those paragraphs would be helpful in particular (see my previous comment about middle school algebra).