I still have to make to that point, but answer from what I remember from my time there: Abstract math, or "math per se" was utterly uninteresting for me. My dr

I still have to make to that point, but answer from what I remember from my time there: Abstract math, or "math per se" was utterly uninteresting for me. My drive was to solve actual problems I had or wanted to solve. For example, making something out of wood with complex shapes, or drawing with the computer. I would say you have to find an area of interest with which the kids get passionate, and needs math to solve the problems.