Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering

Translator: Egzon Shaqiri Reviewer: Helena Bedalli

This is the exact moment

Ky eshte tamam momenti

that I started creating something called Tinkering School.

qe une fillova te krijoj dicka qe quhet Shkolla e Punes.

Tinkering School is a place where kids can pick up sticks

Kjo shkolle eshte nje vend ku femijet mund te marrin shkopinj

and hammers and other dangerous objects,

cekic dhe objekte te tjera te rrezikshme,

and be trusted.

dhe ku mund t'i besohet atyre.

Trusted not to hurt themselves,

Ku mund ti besohet qe nuk do vriten vete,

and trusted not to hurt others.

dhe nuk do te vrasin te tjeret.

Tinkering School doesn't follow a set curriculum,

Kjo shkolle nuk ndjek ndonje plan mesimor,

and there are no tests.

dhe nuk ka teste.

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

Nuk perpiqemi te mesojme gjera specifike.

When the kids arrive

Kur femijet arrijne ketu

they're confronted with lots of stuff:

ata ballafaqohen me shume gjera:

wood and nails and rope and wheels,

dru, gozhda, litare dhe rrota,

and lots of tools, real tools.

dhe shume vegla te tjera, vegla te verteta .

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

Eshte eksperience gjashte ditore per femijet

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

Ne kete kontekst, ne mund ti japim kohe femijeve --

something that seems in short supply

dicka qe nuk u mjafton

in their over-scheduled lives.

ne jeten e tyre te mbiprogramuar.

Our goal is to ensure that they leave

Qellimi yne eshte te sigurohemi qe ata te dalin

with a better sense of how to make things

me me shume dije se si te ndertojne gjera

than when they arrived,

qe kur ata erdhen,

and the deep internal realization

dhe po ashtu me ndjenjen e thelle

that you can figure things out by fooling around.

qe mund te kuptosh si funksionojne gjerat duke lozur.

Nothing ever turns out as planned ... ever.

Asnjere nuk ndodh sic e planifikon...kurre.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

And the kids soon learn

Dhe femijet shpejt mesuan

that all projects go awry --

qe gjithe projektet shkojne keq --

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

and become at ease with the idea that every step

dhe u mesuan me idene qe cdo hap

in a project is a step closer

ne nje projekt eshte nje hap me afer

to sweet success,

drejt suksesit,

or gleeful calamity.

ose deshtimit.

We start from doodles and sketches.

Fillojme me shkarravina dhe skica.

And sometimes we make real plans.

Dhe nganjehere bejme plane te verteta.

And sometimes we just start building.

Nganjehere ne fillojme direkt te ndertojme.

Building is at the heart of the experience:

Ndertimi eshte zemra e nje eksperience:

hands on, deeply immersed

te angazhuar, te zhytur thelle

and fully committed to the problem at hand.

dhe duke u perpjekur ta zgjidhim ate problem.

Robin and I, acting as collaborators,

Une dhe Robin, si bashkepunues,

keep the landscape of the projects

kujdesemi per projektet

tilted towards completion.

qe shkojne drejt realizimit.

Success is in the doing,

Suksesi qendron ne berjen,

and failures are celebrated and analyzed.

dhe deshtimet celebrohen dhe analizohen.

Problems become puzzles

Problemet behen gjeza

and obstacles disappear.

dhe pengesat zhduken.

When faced with particularly difficult

Kur ballafaqohemi me pengesa

setbacks or complexities,

vecanerisht te veshtira ose komplekse

a really interesting behavior emerges: decoration.

nje menyre interesante paraqitet: dekorimi.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

Decoration of the unfinished project

Dekorimi i projektit te pa perfunduar

is a kind of conceptual incubation.

eshte nje lloj inkubacioni konceptual.

From these interludes come deep insights

Nga keto gjera te panjohura mesojne shume

and amazing new approaches to solving the problems

dhe menyra te reja per ti zgjidhur problemet

that had them frustrated just moments before.

qe kane hasur pak me pare.

All materials are available for use.

Mund ti perdorin te gjitha materialet.

Even those mundane, hateful, plastic grocery bags

Bile dhe qeset plastike

can become a bridge

mund te behem nje ure

stronger than anyone imagined.

me e forte sa mund te imagjinohet.

And the things that they build

Dhe gjerat qe ata ndertojne

amaze even themselves.

i cudisin edhe ata vete.

Video: Three, two, one, go!

Video : Tre, dy, nje, shkojme!

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

Gever Tulley: Nje rollercoaster e ndertuar nga nje shtate vjecar

Video: Yay!

Video: Yay!

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)

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

GT: Faleminderit. Ishte kenaqesia ime.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)