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Why Homeschool Math Feels Like a Daily Battle
If math feels like a fight every single day in your home, you’re not alone.
What makes this so frustrating for parents is the contradiction. The same child who pushes back on math will work for hours on other hard things.
Why No Partial Credit Builds Better Math Students (and Future Engineers)
How a simple shift in grading helps teens finally understand math — and why real engineers never get partial credit.
The Math Lie Everyone Believes (But No One Explains)
Humans don’t do well with meaningless rules.
Your Teen Doesn’t Hate Math — They Hate This
after years of teaching thousands of teens and talking with even more parents, I’ve found something different.
They don’t hate math.
They hate not knowing why they’re doing it.
And honestly? They aren’t wrong.
Why Geometry Exists: The Real Problem It Was Created to Solve
Between the Old and New Testaments (the 400-year intertestamental period), something big happened:
Alexander the Great conquered the region in 332 BC, spreading Greek language and education everywhere.
Why We Even Have Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus
Long before anyone had calculators, the Egyptians faced a simple but frustrating problem:
every year, the Nile River flooded and erased property lines.
When Your Teen Says “I’m Done with Math” — What to Do Next
If that’s where you are, you’re not alone — and you’re not failing. What you’re experiencing is part of the natural rhythm of real education.
Can AI Replace College? What I Learned Using ChatGPT + Coursera
The cost of college keeps going up — but what if your teen could build a real education using AI? What if they could learn the same material, gain career connections, and skip the student loan debt?
Geometry in Real Life — How Shapes Build Design and Thinking
“When am I ever going to use geometry?”
How to Help Your Teen with Geometry Proofs (Without Tears)
Does your teen shut down when it’s time to do geometry proofs?
You’re not alone. Proofs are one of the biggest roadblocks for high school students.
Why Geometry Is So Hard (and How to Make It Easier)
If you’ve ever felt like Geometry is a completely different subject than the math you’re used to, you’re not alone. For many students, Geometry is the first time math stops being about numbers and starts feeling like a mix of art, logic, and even language.
Factoring Made Easy: A Step-by-Step No-Guessing Method
For many students, this is the first point where math turns from “I can do this” into “I don’t get it.” And most of the time, the problem isn’t the math itself — it’s the way factoring is taught.