I find it very rewarding,” said Eubanks-Turner. “Most teachers join the program because they love learning mathematics. Even teachers who have been in the classroom 20 or 30 years learn something they never knew or see an aspect of math in a new way.

I knew I wanted to be a mathematician later when I was in college.2I originally majored in computer science, but I really disliked computer programming. I loved the logical thinking involved in creating computer algorithms, which I realized was just mathematical thinking, but I found the actual coding and | learning of the syntax of languages like C++ and Java to be mundane, tedious work. As far as enjoying math when I was growing up, I really did not know I liked math, I just like to solve puzzles and play logic games.