Nyan @ IMSA, 25 Jun 2025, 1100 CDT

MOP 2025 outro

When I arrived this year, I expected to be an outcast among the students and staff. Instead, I was actually quite welcomed by both. What resulted was an experience similar in enjoyability yet very different from the old days of 2023: geometry grinding, playing tractor/mahjong (and winning a yakuman off AL), being amused by student solutions, etc.

Regrets

  • Sadly, only my ghost can attend the MOP 2025 talent show, but LYZ can definitely exceed what I would have done. After all, she is the one who made the MOP 2022 vlog.
  • I was planning on teaching you how to draw circles but never got the opportunity to.
  • Sadly I can't come on the excursion but do root for studnets to visit Brookfield Zoo. I can't lead a group but the other TA's are just as cool!

Final remarks

I have always believed in ignoring insensible rules, as well as helping others, especially my own students. Even at greater personal risk, I will continue to stand for this.

FAQ

  1. Why are you leaving MOP early?
    There was an incident involving two students for which I was blamed to have enabled- I let them into their dorms an hour earlier than expected, immediately after class ended.
  2. What happened with the two students?
    They were sent home by MAA high command for a borderline violation of the student handbook rules.

P.S.

It was I who wrote the ELXMO.