Math Academy

#2 – Teach Like Your Life Depends On It


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0:00 - What Would a Tutor Do, If Their Life Depended On It? (Part 1)

5:47 - Find Your North Star: Why Justin Quit His Data Science Job to do Math Tutoring Full Time

11:23 - Getting "Inside the Trade"

19:31 - What Would a Tutor Do, If Their Life Depended On It? (Part 2)

27:28 - Efficient Learning Techniques are Obvious if You Think About Athletics

33:45 - Enjoyment is a Second-Order Optimization

39:50 - We Need to Stay Hardcore, But Become Less Harsh

51:14 - Math Academy is Like "Yuri's Gym"

59:06 - Vision for the Future of Math Academy

1:14:23 - Goal Setting/Advising and Communicating Progress

1:24:58 - If All You Show Up With is AP Calculus, You're Probably Outgunned

1:51:08 - The Meta-Skills that Kids Need to Work Effectively on Math Academy

2:08:54 - How to Help Students Maintain Successful Learning Habits While Working Independently

2:32:29 - Overhelping: A Common Failure Mode of Well-Intentioned Parents/Tutors

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