{"id":263,"date":"2023-10-02T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/zhanhu\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:57:38","slug":"enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ivan\/enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"background-color: #c1efde; border: 2px solid #57a99a; border-radius: 10px; padding: 30px; margin: 20px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; color: #333333; text-indent: 20px;\">\u201cRespect is not earned; it is given, the way the identity element is given in every group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic; color: #666666; text-align: right; margin-top: 20px;\">\u2014 Ivan Z. Feng,&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@imathman\/thoughts-on-what-good-directors-should-be-like-5aa1098b219f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thoughts on What Good Directors Should Be Like<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Proud Home: Los Angeles (Ivan)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pNOSmpkTSws?si=yoyQbrecpVR9QG8t\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/15665036\"><strong>Timeless Genius of Humanity \u2014 See the Person, Not the Label<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ivan&#8217;s Medium Homepage: <a href=\"https:\/\/imathman.medium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">imathman.medium.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a 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Poetic Mountaintop of AI [Series]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ivans-poems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ivan&#8217;s Poetry on Medium<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ivans-articles-on-math-teaching\/formula-sheets-09-2023-10-2024-we-miss-you-225d514686ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-l-s=\"76662\">\u201cFormula Sheets, We Miss You\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ivans-articles-on-math-teaching\/the-purest-form-of-being-an-educator-2235b6551d5d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Purest Form of Being an Educator<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ivans-articles-on-math-teaching\/discomfort-is-subjective-but-professionalism-is-objective-b0e611a338b3\"><strong>\u201cDiscomfort\u201d is Subjective, but Professionalism is Objective<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ivans-articles-on-math-teaching\/professionalism-is-that-really-you-fc794a8f201a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u201cProfessionalism\u201d: Is That Really You?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ivans-articles-on-math-teaching\/thoughts-on-what-good-math-tas-should-be-like-e1c32712e78c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thoughts on What Good Math TAs Should Be Like<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@imathman\/a-message-to-my-math-225-students-spring-2024-fb21292fc732\"><strong>A Message to My Math 225 Students<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ivan\/how-to-prepare-for-calculus-math-125-exams\/\" target=\"_self\">How to Prepare for Calculus (Math 125) Exams<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr 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