去年春天，加州大学伯克利分校的招生会议上，一份长达三个月的申请材料审核中，招生官给所有参与"Key Club+医院义工+钢琴十级"组合的亚裔申请者贴上了"模板人"标签，这类材料的平均评分比创新活动组合低37%。这个冰冷...

自闭症：星海低吟，生命的辉光诗篇   引子 夜空里的一颗小星星   夜空像一幅无边的画卷，星星们有的像火把，照亮四方；有的像害羞的萤火，躲在银河的角落，悄悄闪着光。自闭症，就是那最柔软的小星星，带...

 (A little spark for fellow lifelong learners)Not long ago, while revisiting a math textbook, I followed the classic Euclidean Algorithm to solve a linear Diophantine equation:72x + 42y = 6I knew the steps:72 = 42 +...

Cindy stood barefoot, sleeves rolled up, belaying for our daughter An.The route was one of the tallest in the gym, with an overhang that challenges even the strongest beginners.The holds were black. The climb was long.Mu...

Oliver is a 6th grader from a small town in northeast China. He’s also a multiple-time 散打 champion — a fierce young fighter with surprising grace.Today, in a 1-on-1 remote class, he met the Pythagorean theo...

Here’s a recent photo from the 2024 Kalahari Classic International Robotics Tournament. Peter, standing in the center, was the captain of the Canadian team that won the championship. Angie, another student of mine,...