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In 2005 Tulley founded the Tinkering School, which operates as an overnight summer camp in Montara, California, and a week-long day camp in San Francisco, as well as single-day workshops (some for all girls). There is also a branch of the Tinkering School in Chicago.
At the Tinkering School, children are allowed to pick up and use tools that are commonly viewed as dangerous by our overprotective society and be trusted not to hurt themselves or others. They use "wood and nails and rope and wheels, and lots of tools, real tools," according to one of Tulley's TED talks called "Life lessons through tinkering" (2009).
Most importantly, the kids are given time – something that's in short order these days with stressed-out, overworked parents and packed extracurricular schedules. Having the time to start these open-ended building projects, to fail at them, then to persevere and ultimately succeed (with the help of adults who are guiding the projects to completion) is a glorious thing.
When I was a kid this kind of summer camp was called, "Go Outside and Play!"
Original Submission
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2015, @10:29AM
Some classes that prohibit boys from attending are fine, as long as they have some classes that also prohibit girls from attending. What really makes me mad is when everybody's like "Oh, girls need all-girls classes for REASONS, but boys shouldn't have all-boys classes because that's sexist!"
Nope, either segregating by gender is okay for both, or it is okay for neither. None of this "it is okay for my gender but not for yours" junk.