The post argues that real education is a handsâon, selfâdirected experience where students learn by building and experimentingâprogramming, 3D printing, CNC machiningârather than by rote drills or âstory problemsâ in math class; it claims schools should pay for the studentâs work, honor individual talent and pace, and let projects drive learning so that math becomes interesting when it creates real objects; the author contends that conventional schooling is unfinished and often controlled by poverty, fear and grades, but that a continual cycle of curiosityâdriven projects will ultimately make one grow âa great being.â






















