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You\u2019ve heard that America must train its children for careers in the STEM fields \u2014 science, technology, engineering and math. But math is not just a stable, sensible career.<\/p>\n

Seattle educator Dan Finkel says math is a joy. If it\u2019s a drag, why would you inflict it on your child?<\/p>\n

Finkel and his wife, Katherine Cook, run an education program called Math For Love<\/a>. Long before he got his PhD in math from the University of Washington, he was a kid, wondering why he was learning math in school.<\/p>\n

Finkel and Cook also contribute regularly to the New York Times puzzle blog, Numberplay<\/a>. In Finkel\u2019s latest puzzle, a pilgrim shows up in a town that taxes visitors by blocks walked. How can a poor pilgrim get to the shrine most directly?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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