TINKERING SCHOOL

In this speech, we see a "teacher" speaking about a school, Tinkering school.
This school is not like other schools. In this one, children can use sticks, hammers...dangerous stuff. They are trusted not to hurt themselves and the others.
Tinkering school has six days duration. There are not exams and they don´t have anything organiced. Teachers don´t try to teach specific things, they let the children using their minds.
The day that they come for the firts day, it maybe is the firts time that they use tools without listening their parents shouting to them saying that it can be dangerous and the can hurt people..
They start doing things with wood, plastic, ropes..Their projects usually are not finished well but they learn how to change the steps to adapt theirs projects or plans, and they have time for it.
They start drawing, and sometimes they continues with projects. Other times they start building with no plans. The teachers don´t tell them how to work, they maybe give them advices but nothing more. The failured are celebrated and analized and problems dissapeared.
This school could help children to be independent (they don´t need help to start doing anything), creative and it could help them also with trusting themself.
The speech finalized with a roolercoster made by 7 year old children. You can see their creativity.
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