User:MCrawford

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My name is Mathew Crawford and I am one of the administrators, teachers, and curriculum developers at Art of Problem Solving. I help manage the AoPSWiki and if you have any problems with the AoPSWiki or any other part of the AoPS network, I will do my best to assist you.


Teaching

I enjoy teaching, so I'll list more of my past teaching experience than anyone would care to know about:

  • AoPS Classes -- I write and teach many classes at AoPS.
  • Math Jams -- I've taught quite a few of them.
  • San Diego Math Circle (2003-2006)
  • Coach of San Diego ARML (2006)
  • Co-coach of Missouri ARML (1996-97)
  • Mountain Brook Geometry Math Team (1991-1992)
  • Private college math tutor (1995-1996, 2002-2003)
  • Hundreds of hours of volunteer math tutoring (1990-1995)


Hobbies

I enjoy juggling, playing the guitar, and playing ultimate frisbee.


AoPS blog

I blog here. Here are some of my posts:

Currently, these links are broken due to the new blog format. I'll fix them soon.

AoPS


Math Lessons


Math Contests


Education


Technology


Humor


Art


Articles


Math Contests

As a member of the math team of Louis Pizitz Middle School and Vestavia Hills High School, I felt the following mathematics competitions were beneficial to my early education:


Favorite Media

Books

It will take a long time to make this list, but here's a start:

  • Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams (his best book and only nonfiction book)
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide series and anything else by Douglas Adams
  • Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow series by Orson Scott Card
  • The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov

Movies

Ditto on the beginning

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Donnie Darko
  • Boondock Saints
  • Harry Potter movies
  • War Games
  • The Matrix (but not so much the sequels)
  • Pitch Black
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Man on the Moon
  • The Crow
  • Serenity
  • The Last Dragon
  • Dune (movies and miniseries)
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer

Television

I don't watch much television and don't have cable, but there are a few shows I enjoy:

  • The Daily Show
  • Firefly
  • Deadwood
  • Battlestar Gallactica
  • Star Treks (some seasons)
  • The Young Ones
  • Dune miniseries
  • South Park
  • The Family Guy
  • X-Files