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Thoughts on math education, teaching, and what AI changes about both.

2025.09.28 · featured

Rethinking Education: My Vision for an AI-Enhanced Classroom

Imagining a future classroom where AI tools enhance learning through collaborative homework, conversational exams, and authentic project-based assessment.

2025.09.08

How I Actually Learn Complex Research Papers with AI (And Why You Should Too)

A practical walkthrough of using AI to understand dense academic papers, from adversarial training to developing genuine mathematical intuition.

2025.09.01 · featured

Why AI Can't Actually Do Your Math Homework (And What That Tells Us About Intelligence)

Exploring how AI's current failures in mathematics reveal the nature of intelligence, and why this window of distinguishability is rapidly closing.

2025.08.26

The Two-Way Street: What Great TAs and Smart Students Both Know

Lessons from six semesters of teaching on the transformational relationship between TAs and students when both parties engage thoughtfully.

2025.08.17

After 5,000 Homework Assignments, I Know Why Math Fails Students (And How We Can All Do Better)

Insights from grading thousands of assignments on why students struggle with math, and practical strategies for both learners and educators.

2025.08.10

Why Calculus Shouldn't Be the End Goal of High School Math

Arguing for diversified math pathways beyond calculus to show students the breadth of mathematical thinking.

2025.08.02

Why Competitive Math Matters More Than Ever in the Age of AI

How mathematical maturity and creative problem-solving from competition math become essential as AI handles routine calculations.

2025.07.27

Exploring the Future of Math Education: Intuition, Algorithms, and Engaging Content

My first blog post exploring how to make mathematics more intuitive through better storytelling, visualization, and real-world problems.