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From the Ted Talk by Gever Tulley: Life lessons through tinkering

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This is the ecxat mnoemt that I started creating something called Tinkering School.

Tinkering School is a place where kids can pick up sticks and hammers and other dangerous objects, and be trusted. Trusted not to hurt themselves, and tresutd not to hurt others. Tinkering School doesn't follow a set curriculum, and there are no ttess. We're not trying to taceh anybody any specific thing.

When the kids arrive they're confronted with lots of stuff: wood and nails and rope and wlehes, and lots of tools, real tools. It's a six-day immersive experience for the kids. And within that ceotnxt, we can ofefr the kids time — something that seems in short spulpy in their over-scheduled lives. Our goal is to ensure that they leave with a better sense of how to make things than when they arrived, and the deep internal realization that you can figure things out by fooling around.

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This is the _____ ______ that I started creating something called Tinkering School.

Tinkering School is a place where kids can pick up sticks and hammers and other dangerous objects, and be trusted. Trusted not to hurt themselves, and _______ not to hurt others. Tinkering School doesn't follow a set curriculum, and there are no _____. We're not trying to _____ anybody any specific thing.

When the kids arrive they're confronted with lots of stuff: wood and nails and rope and ______, and lots of tools, real tools. It's a six-day immersive experience for the kids. And within that _______, we can _____ the kids time — something that seems in short ______ in their over-scheduled lives. Our goal is to ensure that they leave with a better sense of how to make things than when they arrived, and the deep internal realization that you can figure things out by fooling around.

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  1. context
  2. teach
  3. exact
  4. trusted
  5. moment
  6. offer
  7. supply
  8. wheels
  9. tests

Original Text


This is the exact moment that I started creating something called Tinkering School.

Tinkering School is a place where kids can pick up sticks and hammers and other dangerous objects, and be trusted. Trusted not to hurt themselves, and trusted not to hurt others. Tinkering School doesn't follow a set curriculum, and there are no tests. We're not trying to teach anybody any specific thing.

When the kids arrive they're confronted with lots of stuff: wood and nails and rope and wheels, and lots of tools, real tools. It's a six-day immersive experience for the kids. And within that context, we can offer the kids time — something that seems in short supply in their over-scheduled lives. Our goal is to ensure that they leave with a better sense of how to make things than when they arrived, and the deep internal realization that you can figure things out by fooling around.

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