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Mrs. Moreira's Classroom!
2026 AIME I - key concepts
One of my favorite lessons to teach is the debriefing after a contest goes well for my students. After talking through these problems repeatedly, I decided to make a video compiling the key insights for each one. Feel free to comment or reach out with any questions or thoughts you have about particular problems/solutions. https://youtu.be/9aeH3HYW1fg
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How to Qualify for AIME
Independently answer every single challenge question in the following AoPS books: Prealgebra Intro to Algebra Intermediate Algebra Intro to C&P Intermediate C&P Intro to Number Theory Intermediate Number Theory Intro to Geometry Intermediate Geometry (If your kid gets stuck along the way, that is where my lessons are a benefit. But no amount of lessons is a replacement for working through the books for hours and hours.) This path may look simple, but s imple does not mean eas
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Why Latin and Classical Education Are Still the Gold Standard for Top Students
In an age of constant distractions, avoidance of memorization, and treating the arts as nothing more than self expression, Latin offers something rare and enduring: an opportunity for students to experience internalizing vast classical knowledge and using it to strengthen their logical thinking skills around the humanities. A proper education should result in the ability to meaningfully engage in a millennia-long conversation about human nature, virtue, and truth. Latin unloc
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