Tinker School

“We start with doodles and sketches and sometimes we make real plans and sometimes we just start building.” Stated Gever Tulley. I agree completely with this statement, because for one it’s completely true in my opinion. We always start off with just a doodle or a sketch before we get a complete idea or object out of something. You have to start somewhere for basically anything we do. I am a hands on learner, my favorite classes where actually wood shop and art.  Too me it seems like school systems are mostly concerned on students being book smart. In the real world you need a lot more than knowing how to find information from a book. Having the ability to use all parts of your brain and achieve thinking skills and problem solving for everyday tasks is more important to me. You are only in school for a short period of your life, after that you will need more of those skills that are showed in the video then ever before. This school not only allows kids to seek out that part of their brain, but it also shows them what they are capable of achieving.

Some of those objects those kids created where amazing, I would say that I doubt I could do that, but yet again I have never tried. Anything is possible if you put your mind and knowledge into it. For some reason this reminds me of those TV shows where people who are very wealthy come to a problem some time in their lives and don’t know how to solve it because everything is always done for them.  They have no clue on how to go about doing something that is an every day task for the bigger portion of the population. For example cleaning or organization believe it or not there are people out there that have never had to clean or cook for themselves. Based on my opinion this is horrible, I’m someone who loves being able to do things on my own with out having to have someone always do it for me.

 Gever Tulleys video inspired me, I share the same opinions as him on things, kids should have the ability to create things on there own by putting out a plan by using there imagination. Schools theses days don’t exactly let you do that, yes being book smart is very important but so is having the skills to be able to achieve things on your own and being hands on. Life is all about being hands on and getting things done. I do think that schools should stress this learning system more. Everyone learns in different ways. I just so happen to be one of those students that learns better when I am actually put in a situation where I need to use my thinking skills and my hands. Others who are better at learning from reading things could or couldn’t excel from this as well. For example having to read the directions of something or create the directions for something may come easy to them because it involves reading, but it might not as well. Either way I think this learning system is amazing it allows kids to know how they learn best. It can even put a “fun” spin on their learning experience.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html

Weekends

One thing just about anyone looks forward to would be the weekend, but why?  The weekend is a time when most people get to relax, see friends, or do what ever else is on their agenda. Well, I lucked out this weekend because I got an amazingly long four-day weekend. Reason number one, I don’t have class on Fridays and reason number two is for the fact that every Monday of the first week in September is Labor Day. On Labor Day my family usual gets together for a one last camping hoorah, but not this year! Thanks to the vast change in weather it was just a tad to cold to sit around a campfire in the middle of nowhere. 

So here I am with a whole four-day weekend, and nothing planed. Soon I remembered that it was my best friends’ birthday. Being my best friend we obviously needed to celebrate. We started off the day with going out to eat at The Olive Garden, might I add it was amazing. After that I explained that I had other things going on that night and as she thought I was ditching her on her birthday I was actually preparing a surprise birthday party for her. I won’t get into detail but it was a successful surprise.

Justine(birthday girl), cat, and obviously me

As for the rest of my weekend it was mostly about making money and relaxation. Saturday I had to work. I work at a local bar and grill as a bartender. As I was working a large bachelorette part bus stopped in things got crazy, along the lines of having to bust a few minors, and break up a bar fight. I honestly was scared being as small as I am there wasn’t much I could really do, but apparently I had a way with words because they ended the fight with a bear hug. Finally 4 a.m. rolled around and I had just clocked out talk about a long night.

Relaxation is key to a good weekend, usually Sundays is the day to just sit back and relax.  I spent all Sunday by eating A LOT of junk food and watching the one and only Dexter. For those who have never watch it I suggest you do, it’s the best show out there from my point of view. All in all I had a very successful four-day weekend, I achieved hanging out with friends, making some cash, and even relaxation. All that’s on my mind is waiting for 12:35 on Thursday to role around, then my weekend starts all over again.

All about me

First off my name is Krista Himlie, interesting enough people call me Krista, or Keisha, I honestly don’t know how this nickname came about its stuck with me since elementary school, but it has evolved in to a nick name that I despise, “egg bake” seriously people I don’t even like eggs, but sadly I respond to it so I guess I cant really complain. I grew up on 80 acres of farm free land in a little town called Houston, no not Texas. I work at a bar and grill, so far so good. For my 19th birthday I went to New York, unbelievably three people asked me if I was famous, along with almost being robbed, all in all it was a good birthday. To pass time I listen to a lot of music, and jot down lyrics that stand out to me. I love going to live shows or concerts, mainly rock. I have seen more bands than I can recall. The main reason I enjoy going to concerts is because it gives me an adrenaline rush, just from all of the people and how much energy there is in the crowd. From my point of view, you don’t get the full experience of it unless your right there upfront getting squashed, may be painful but so worth it. Some other things that I have interest in are; photography, travel, and being outdoors. 

I like photography because you are able to obtain memories from pictures, along with being able to go back to somthing. I mainly like taking pictures of sceneries, sunsets, animals, and concerts. Among other things I am a very outgoing person, I will talk to anyone who cares to start a conversation with me, I have been told that I’m intimidating more than once, this confuses me because if you ask me I’m nothing to be intimidated by, I mean seriously people mistaken my age for being 15 more than once a month. All in all I’m a nice person and excited to meet new people.