I can't agree more. Speaking as someone who never enjoyed math at school, but now have an avid interest in it - the thing that converted me was building stuff w

I can't agree more. Speaking as someone who never enjoyed math at school, but now have an avid interest in it - the thing that converted me was building stuff with math. Much like you talk about. When we learn woodworking we learn some basic tools and how they work, and then we build stuff. In my experience we don't typically get to build stuff with math. At least not the type of stuff that most people find remotely interesting. I'm now building stuff with math all the time and enjoy it alot. The set of projects to choose from must be diverse though, some math isn't for everyone, just like not all kids will find working on building a baseball bat rewarding.