Tinkering School

In my opinion, I think that Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School has both it’s pros and cons. First off, a good thing that comes with his Tinkering School is the life lessons that come out of it. By being able to handle the problems that come up when their work does not come out the exact way is a great way to jump start the children on being able to handle their future problems well. Since the Tinkering School has no curriculum and is not trying to teach the kids a specific thing, I think that the environment is a better work place. A more relaxed setting without all the pressure to keep up with your classmates, because the kids can work at their own pace. On the negative side, I do not agree with Tulley’s approach that you can figure stuff out by fooling around. Sure the aspect is true, but when the kids grow up, they will have it in their mind that they can get through everything in life by fooling around. Well in the real world, people need to get it right the first time. Life is not a place for people to fool around and expect good things to happen to them. Now I know that they are only kids, but sooner rather than later they are going to realize this the easy way or the hard way. I learned that the hard way growing up through high school, and I am glad I did eventually learn it before my life was further down the road. There are both goods and bads to Gever Tulle’s Tinkering School, but I am going to have to agree mainly because of how hands on the school is. I think that students learn best by doing hands on activities because it challenges the students to succeed more. They dictate their grades more than my taking a written test. This way the student knows what they have to do. I still think that tests need to be incorporated somehow in every school. The test can be hands on as well, but tests help the teacher in figuring out who knows the information and how hard the student tries in the class. I would like to go to a school that tought this way mainly just to experience it though. I like doing hands on work because I am able to dicate my grade in a more just matter.