I love learning about science and technology, but I am terrible at mathematics ha
one thing that is good from learning STEM is that it  has implications for workforce development,
Really, what kind of implications, I see they have a lot of STEM related events for kids in my area
for one thing it helps improve competitiveness in science and technology development.
That is nice, so better products come out with people trying to compete for the best ideas. Is STEM new, I have only recently heard about it?
it seems like it was first funded in 1998.
I see, so it must have taken a while for them to get it started and going, it is everywhere now! Do they have it in schools as well?
to the acronym STEM. One of the first NSF projects to use the acronym was STEMTEC, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Teacher Education Collaborative at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which was founded in 1998.
Other variations.
- STM (Scientific, Technical, and Mathematics; or Science, Technology, and Medicine; or Scientific, Technical, and Medical)
- eSTEM (environmental STEM)
- STEMIE (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Invention and Entrepreneurship); adds Inventing and
skateboard deck brand.
Templeton, who does all of the artwork for his brand, explained his discovery of skateboard art in a 2012 interview:
It wasn't until later that I realized he [Gonzales] did his own graphics. And that's, that's the one thing that I would cite as one of my biggest influences, was learning about the pros that did their own skateboard graphics—that to me was a really ... cool idea, and kind of meant a lot to me as a kid,