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How can we make STEM flower?

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When I tell folks that I really want our children to become comfortable with STEM, they (naturally) assume I want great courses in science, engineering, technology, and math. Sure, I do. As well as great programs in music, grammar (none of this BS ‘texting vernacular’), history, citizenship, and the rest. Because our kids need to be world citizens.

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A blessing on your head, mazel tov, mazel tov…

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Now, that corporate taxes have all been filed (whaddaya mean you haven’t filed yet?), a great burden has been lifted.  Oh, sure, I still have a slew of personal taxes to compute and file for my clients, but about 2/3 of those needs are related to the corporate taxes we already filed.  So, the unknowns have been greatly attenuated.

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It all stems from STEM

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I remember when I was a little tyke, I would play in my basement. No, not with conventional toys. Oh, sure, one of my distant cousins (who was deeply involved with Sperry Gyroscope and its military inventions) had given me his son’s wonderful Lionel train set (which remained in my possession until I was 12 years old). But, it was my Lionel-Porter Chemistry set that held my attention.

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Ms. Katzman taught me well-!

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I’ve written before about one of the best teachers I ever had, Sue Katzman (Finkelstein).   Sue is the reason I managed to graduate from my yeshiva at the top of my form and excel in high school, college, and beyond.  She arranged that she would be my teacher for 7th, 8th, and 9th grades (English and History), there was no escaping her influence.

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