ECONOMICS
Unequal access to educational opportunities gave that interest a concrete direction. I wanted to understand how resources, incentives, and institutional choices shape the opportunities available to different students.
I’m invested in studying the effects of mathematics on real-life solutions, and that’s how I discovered economics.
AP MICROECONOMICS
Who benefits beyond the individual learner?
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AP MACROECONOMICS
What can income tell us about well-being—and what else should we measure?
Our World in Data
Incentives, well-being, and evidence: three ways to examine real-world questions.
THREE LENSES, CONNECTED QUESTIONS
AP STATISTICS
What evidence would support this conclusion?
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Unequal access to educational opportunities gave that interest a concrete direction. I wanted to understand how resources, incentives, and institutional choices shape the opportunities available to different students.
— Hoang —
TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
Sam and Sadie’s conflicts made me think about how people can care for one another and still cause hurt. Marx’s quiet work as a mediator stayed with me. Creating something together takes more than talent; it also takes care for the relationships that sustain the work.
THE KITE RUNNER
Care and equality
I was not convinced by the novel’s portrayal of friendship and equality. I kept returning to the unequal positions of its characters, and to whether their kindness came from care for others or a need to make up for past wrongs.
YELLOWFACE — R. F. KUANG
Whose stories get heard?
Yellowface made me question how publishing shapes which stories get heard. I was struck by the tension between telling a story and making it sell. The novel also left me asking when drawing on another person’s experiences becomes exploitation.
I want to understand where economic models fall short, and how policy might respond. How can these ideas widen access to learning?
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