Teaching mathematics is both a privilege and a great responsibility. I believe in and aim to create a classroom culture which embodies Federico Ardila-Mantilla’s axioms from Todos Cuentan: Cultivating Diversity in Combinatorics:
Axiom 1. Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
Some more articles that have informed my teaching philosophy:
The Enduring Value of Math, in an Age of AI by Francis Su
The Lesson of Grace in Teaching by Francis Su