In today’s technology-oriented society, those among today’s generation of youth who will succeed will not be the ones who can retain the most information, but the ones who can do what computers cannot — solve problems they have never seen before. Learning how to do this requires practice, and there is no better way to get this practice than by solving challenging math problems.

        Today’s American education system fails to understand that this is the whole point of teaching math, so it does not engage and challenge students enough at all. How, then, can students develop a strong problem solving background? Local high schooler and USAJMO and USACO Gold qualifier Nelson Niu explores the answer to this question from a fresh perspective.

Recommended for students grades 6-10 and their parents.