Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering

Translator: Jessica Yu Reviewer: peter hersted

This is the exact moment

Dette er netop det øjeblik

that I started creating something called Tinkering School.

at jeg startede

'Tinkering School'

Tinkering School is a place where kids can pick up sticks

Tinkering school er et sted

hvor børn kan tage et stykke træ

and hammers and other dangerous objects,

og hamre

og andre farlige ting!

and be trusted.

I tillid

Trusted not to hurt themselves,

I tillid til, at de ikke skader sig selv

and trusted not to hurt others.

- og ikke skader andre

Tinkering School følger ikke en læseplan

Tinkering School doesn't follow a set curriculum,

og der er ingen tests

and there are no tests.

Vi vil ikke lære nogen - specifikke ting

We're not trying to teach anybody any specific thing.

When the kids arrive

Når børnene kommer

bliver de konfronteret med en masse ting

they're confronted with lots of stuff:

wood and nails and rope and wheels,

træ, søm, reb og hjul

and lots of tools, real tools.

en masse værktøj - rigtigt værktøj

It's a six-day immersive experience for the kids.

Det er en seks dages intens oplevelse

for børnene

I denne kontekst giver vi børnene

And within that context, we can offer the kids time --

- tid

something that seems in short supply

Noget som kan synes at mangle

in their over-scheduled lives.

i deres overbelagte liv

Our goal is to ensure that they leave

Vores mål er at sikre

with a better sense of how to make things

at de forlader

med en større følelse - at kunne ting

than when they arrived,

end da de kom!

and the deep internal realization

og den dybe erkendelse

at de kan løse ting ved at prøve

that you can figure things out by fooling around.

Ingenting bliver som planlagt

Nothing ever turns out as planned ... ever.

- aldrig

(Laughter)

(Latter)

And the kids soon learn

og børnene lærer hurtigt

that all projects go awry --

når projekter går galt

(Latter)

(Laughter)

and become at ease with the idea that every step

Og bliver tryg ved tanken

at hvert skridt i et projekt

in a project is a step closer

- er et skridt mod

to sweet success,

sød succes,

or gleeful calamity.

eller grusom katastrofe

We start from doodles and sketches.

Vi begynder med skriblen og skitser

And sometimes we make real plans.

Og nogen gange laver vi rigtige planer

And sometimes we just start building.

andre gange går vi bare igang

At skabe er hjertet i erfaringen

Building is at the heart of the experience:

hænderne dybt begravet

hands on, deeply immersed

og fuldt engageret i problemet i hånden

and fully committed to the problem at hand.

Robin and I, acting as collaborators,

Robin og jeg agerer som partnere

holder overblikket i projektet

keep the landscape of the projects

tilted towards completion.

rettet mod en fuldendelse

Success is in the doing,

Succes er at skabe

Fejl er fejret og analyseret

and failures are celebrated and analyzed.

Problems become puzzles

Problemer bliver puslebrikker

and obstacles disappear.

og forhindringer forsvinder

When faced with particularly difficult

Når mødet bliver særligt svært

setbacks or complexities,

med tilbageslag eller kompleksitet

a really interesting behavior emerges: decoration.

opstår en virkelig interessant adfærd:

Dekoration

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Decoration of the unfinished project

Dekoration af det ufærdige projekt

is a kind of conceptual incubation.

er en konseptuel inkubation

From these interludes come deep insights

Fra disse mellemspil kommer

dyb indsigt

and amazing new approaches to solving the problems

og fine nye tilgange,

løser de problemer

that had them frustrated just moments before.

som frustrerede dem lige før

All materials are available for use.

Alle materialer er tilgængelige

Even those mundane, hateful, plastic grocery bags

Selv almindelige plastik indkøbsposer

can become a bridge

kan blive en bro

stronger than anyone imagined.

stærkere end nogen troede

And the things that they build

Og de ting de skaber

overrasker selv dem selv

amaze even themselves.

Video: Three, two, one, go!

Video: Tre, to, en - kør !

Gever Tulley: A rollercoaster built by seven-year-olds.

Gever Tulley: En rutshebane bygget af 7 årige

Video: Yay!

Video: Yay!

(Bifald)

(Applause)

GT: Thank you. It's been a great pleasure.

Mange tak, det har været en fornøjelse

(Applause)

(Bifald)

tekstet af Peter Hersted