This NYC High School Student Teaches Math and Science to 700,000 Followers With Quickie Videos That Are a Worldwide Sensation
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In his entire lifetime, Pythagoras himself probably didn鈥檛 teach as many students as Alexis Loveraz reaches in one quick video.
Alexis, who has a knack for simplifying everything from the Pythagorean theorem to algebraic equations, has nearly 700,000 followers on TikTok and 5.5 million likes. Who knew math was so popular? Or that it could be taught in 15-to-60-second snippets?
“I think people have to depend on YouTube videos and TikToks to learn even more,” Alexis told .
A student at New York City鈥檚 Harlem Prep High School, 16-year-old Alexis has seen his following on TikTok increase since schools closed due to coronavirus and students are learning online from home. His videos focus on algebra, geometry and chemistry.
鈥淚 was really shocked,鈥� Alexis told . 鈥淭hings that they probably forgot before COVID-19, this is a refresher of what I鈥檓 giving them out. It鈥檚 really cool because they understand it even better the way I鈥檓 explaining it to them.鈥�
Though TikTok is best known as a platform for viral dances and funny gags, Alexis鈥檚 videos play it straight. He just stands in front of a whiteboard scrawled with equations in his family鈥檚 Bronx apartment and talks 鈥� very, very fast.
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鈥淚鈥檓 excited about this. I know he can do this and more. I鈥檓 so proud that he helped a lot of people,鈥� said Alexis鈥檚 mother, Likmilian Hiciano.
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Alexis, who has a 4.0 grade point average at Harlem Prep, garnered some of his tech skills at , a nonprofit that seeks to give urban students a career pathway in technology.
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He graduated from the group鈥檚 afterschool Tech Flex Leaders program for high school juniors and seniors.
In addition to TikTok, Alexis has a channel and teaches students from around the world through Google Classrooms.
鈥淚t reached places like the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Singapore,鈥� Alexis said.
To judge from the comments on TikTok, students aren鈥檛 the only ones who can learn from Alexis. Maybe educators should check out his teaching style, too. 鈥淵ou explain 1000x better than my math teacher!!!鈥� CBS2 quoted one student as saying.
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