Tag: education
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The Boy Who Brought Balance to Numbers
Once upon a time, about 1,200 years ago, in a land called Persia, a curious boy named Muhammad al-Khwarizmi was born. Muhammad loved questions. He loved learning. Most of all, he loved books. As he grew older, his love for…
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Maryam Mirzakhani: Finding Patterns in Chaos
Maryam Mirzakhani was one of the greatest mathematicians in history. She was the first woman ever to win the Fields Medal, which is the highest award in mathematics. When she was still a teenager, she also won two gold medals…
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Self-Awareness: A Lesson from Ethics Class
Not long ago, my nine-year-old daughter had a habit of telling little lies. Therefore, I decided to enroll her in an ethics class, hoping it would help her understand the difference between right and wrong. After her first class, she…
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A lesson for my daughter – How to learn like a scientist
In one of our science nights, I will give you this lesson: let’s talk about two cool ways scientists understand the world around them. The first is called “empiricism”. Imagine when you were little and learned about fruit by tasting…
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A Letter to My Daughter – Dream Big
Every single successful person has followed the same pattern: “dream big from childhood.” But the triggers that sparked this dream were different. Some watched the first landing on the Moon. Some grew up hungry but saw billionaires on TV. For…
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Illusion is a precondition for enlightenment.
Imagine two situations: Scenario 1: I explain how the sun produces heat. I go deep into the science, how it’s like a giant fusion reactor, smashing atoms together to release energy. If you’re curious, this kind of knowledge feels exciting.…
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Neuroplasticity
“It is hard, I want to quit piano,” my 8-year-old daughter said when she struggled with a note for Level 2 AMEB piano exam. I wasn’t a pianist, so I couldn’t help her play, but I could motivate her not…
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Magic happens in cross of unrelated things
My nephew asked me should I do double degree of law and art or computer science and electronics! Two of the most related things? “I think you should do two completely unrelated things like computer science and psychology, or nursing…
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She is Determined
Your teachers give us a lot of feedback, which sometimes repeats. Like how you are caring, lovely, and exceptionally good at math, she acts like a leader. But there is one piece of feedback that keeps coming up every time…
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Growth Mindset of my 8-Years Old
Tonight, I explained the theory of relativity and quantum entanglement to my daughter. She didn’t blink once but she listened the same way she watches her favorite cartoon. When she understood, she smiled, got excited, and immediately started arguing about…
