Curiosity is contagious

May 14, 2015

Once I became a math teacher, I started to see math problems everywhere. Just this week, my local sandwich shop’s …

Chris Rock, on teaching (Part 2)

February 16, 2015

“I bore easily. Not because I’m on some spectrum, but because I hear so many conversations again and again… A …

February 12, 2015

I was 16 when I first performed stand-up comedy at an open mic in San Francisco. I performed (pretty terribly) about …

October 8, 2014

DISCLAIMER: Certainly, if this blog had any readership at all, I would’ve gotten at least some pushback on my last post that …

October 4, 2014

My last short stint at soccer (below) ended two decades ago, due to, according to my mom, “too many people kicking …

August 2, 2014

I was recently awarded a Math for America Master Teacher fellowship. The five-year program will connect me to a terrific network of …

July 19, 2014

I was always “good” at math. By that, I mean I could calculate quickly from an early age, I took …

July 22, 2013

Like most Bay Area baseball fans, I enjoyed the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis for all of the following reasons: …

July 11, 2013

It’s common in professional development for teachers to be asked to think of a great teacher you had when you …