Parent. Math coach. Climate science researcher. Software engineer and manager at Microsoft. Investment analyst, trader, and risk manager at hedge funds. Entrepreneur. A forty-five-year-old new teacher.

This is the journey of a first-generation immigrant becoming a math teacher in the United States. This book recounts his Kafkaesque experiences at education school, where he was labeled a class traitor and a white supremacist simply for asking learning questions. He shares firsthand accounts of teaching math at a public and a private school, offering a panoramic view of the issues surrounding wokeness, coddling, and the lack of accountability in education.

It has won the Maxy Award for 2025 best Biography/Memoir and ranks #1 in Biographies of Educators in Kindle, as of 8/28/2025. It was covered by education reporters Holly Korbey and Joanne Jacobs and news outlets such as "The College Fix" and Fox News Digital. A must-read for anyone caring about the current state of education in the US.