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Here's my personal take on things. Anything can be interesting, as long as the "so what?" element is there. Let me explain. I used to teach physics outreach every once in a while. One of the things we go over is Lenz's Law and induction. To demonstrate, we drop a magnet down an aluminum tube and have a kid catch it. Because of Lenz's Law, it drops really slowly. It gets a few ooo's and ahh's but it doesn't mean anything to them until we demonstrate it at Great America (amusement park) and explain that Lenz's Law is the reason why the brakes work and they don't die.
I find that many people need the connection to a practical application to their personal life for them to take an interest in it.
It sounds like with the report about Haitian dance, she's starting to relate other things to her passion. Good start.
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