Parmis Meshgi
Personal practice · Teaching
I learned to design
by watching how children learn.
English, phonics, and Montessori methods
Different learners need different paths
A paper-cut timeline from teaching to design
A bilingual website and placement flow
A 90-second paper-cut film about my mother’s English school, the years I taught there, and how teaching led me to design.
Parmis & Orange
Turn the pages
How a child in her mother's classroom became a teacher, then a designer.
When Parmis was seven, her first English teacher was her mother. Every new word went into a little notebook.
When Parmis was twelve, her mother opened a school and named it Orange. Its rooms filled with stories, songs, and curious questions.
At university, Parmis returned to Orange as a teacher. She saw that each child needed a different way into the lesson.
Phonics made letters speak. Montessori let children lead with their hands. Parmis learned to watch before she solved.
Then every desk moved onto a screen. The children tried hard, but the screen did not know how young learners played, moved, or asked for help.
Parmis wondered, "What if the screen could learn from its users too?" That question led her to UX design.
She moved to Canada, studied UX, and designed a learning platform around what children and teachers had shown her.
Years later, Parmis returned with design, code, and AI. The school helped her grow. Now she helps it grow too.
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