What does "huckleberrying" mean and would you like to be taught using this unorthodox method?
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Well, I'm pretty sure that the term "huckleberrying" is taken from the famous novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The term is very closely related to "winging it" or basically, improvising. In The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Henry and John take their students outside of the classroom to study the world as it really is. If an obstacle gets in their way, they'll find a way around it. I think "huckleberrying" would interesting to try. I would be free to learn as I want and do what I want to do. I wouldn't stick to a currculum, and Thoreau never stuck to a curriculum. That's just the way he lived his life.
At first I honestly thought that it meant picking berries. But as I read on and he took Edward "huckleberrying" that is when i found out the truth. I think that it was a way to just let go of what should be done and doing what you fell is right for you.
As soon as I saw it, I thought of Huckleberry Finn. I think they got it from the novel. It makes sense-if you think about it. Improvising- Huck Finn did a lot, and they do often in this novel.
I think it would be an interesting adventure to try.
When i first saw huckleberrying i also thought of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck Finn also went out and did what he wanted because he wanted to get away. Henry and John wanted to see how students would be if they were outside of the classroom and on their own basically. They wanted to do things their way. I would like to have a chance to learn outside of a classroom because I think I would learn a lot more about the surroundings in the world.
I think the term huckleberrying means to do the not norm or to just go with the flow. Borrowed from Huckleberry Fin, it can mean to just go out and explore like Huckleberry did in his novel. Huckleberrying is a term to just go out of the average classroom experience and view life in a take it how it is type of way. -Chris Lee
Along with everyone else in here, hah, I thought of Huckleberry Finn. In the book The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail they let the students go outside the classroom to study the world. I would like to learn like this because I think that if I learn how this would effect the world. I think that it would be easier to comprehend everything aswell.
"Huckleberrying", in my opinion, is open learning. Ut's kearning things you want to learn about, without someone telling you have to learn about it. "Huckleberrying" is, like Kali said, basically "winging it". No rules to what you are learning or how you are learning it.
I think it would be a better technique of learning, and i would love to try it. If someone wants to learn about something, it is going to stick better than things that are being shoved in our ears. It would give knowledge a whole new meaning.
Like most i thought of the American novel, Huckleberry Finn. If you think back to the novel, Huck grew up by experiencing and living life, not in the traditional sense of school. I think this method of learning means that you learn not only informally,but it is more hands on. I feel that this learning method is extremely effective because people can relate these things to real life and actually apply themselves. I would love to experience such a learning style.
My first impression of "huckleberrying" was "Huckleberry Finn" and i thought it might be a verb meaning to act like Huckleberry Finn. I was close, Huckleberry Finn leaned things on his own and i think this would be an effective learning stratagy.
When I first saw this, I immediately thought of Huck Finn. Basically, this method of teaching is like learning as you go, or just coming up with it as you go along. Honestly, I'd love to learn this way, because as you learn you can apply it. There would be no set syllabus and you move at your own pace.
Devin Oulds, As soon as I recognized the word "huckleberrying" I quickly thought of the novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" writen by Mark Twain. I think huckleberrying means to improvise and to just "stick it out."
I would surely enjoy trying this technique of learning because it helps you apply what you learned to the real world.
A huckleberry is a small berry often similar to a blueberry. I always thought they meant going after one thing and being side tracked by another then continuing on. Such as one might go out in search of strawberries and be distracted by a huckleberry bush. Huckleberry was also used in American slang at the time with different meanings such as "I'm your Huckleberry" meaning I'm the exact person for this job or "A Huckleberry over my persimmon" meaning slightly beyond my ability. Since Tom Sawyer was published (1876) after Thoreau died (1862) it's unlikely that Huckleberrying refers to the character from Twain's books. As for the teaching method, this is how people learn naturally if there is no school, so yes it ought to be effective. Most of my best teachers employed a little Huckleberrying in their style as they responded to questions. Not that anecdotes should be considered valid evidence.
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Well, I'm pretty sure that the term "huckleberrying" is taken from the famous novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The term is very closely related to "winging it" or basically, improvising. In The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Henry and John take their students outside of the classroom to study the world as it really is. If an obstacle gets in their way, they'll find a way around it.
I think "huckleberrying" would interesting to try. I would be free to learn as I want and do what I want to do. I wouldn't stick to a currculum, and Thoreau never stuck to a curriculum. That's just the way he lived his life.
At first I honestly thought that it meant picking berries. But as I read on and he took Edward "huckleberrying" that is when i found out the truth. I think that it was a way to just let go of what should be done and doing what you fell is right for you.
I would really love to try it one day!!
As soon as I saw it, I thought of Huckleberry Finn. I think they got it from the novel. It makes sense-if you think about it. Improvising- Huck Finn did a lot, and they do often in this novel.
I think it would be an interesting adventure to try.
-Kelsey Heath
When i first saw huckleberrying i also thought of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck Finn also went out and did what he wanted because he wanted to get away. Henry and John wanted to see how students would be if they were outside of the classroom and on their own basically. They wanted to do things their way. I would like to have a chance to learn outside of a classroom because I think I would learn a lot more about the surroundings in the world.
I think the term huckleberrying means to do the not norm or to just go with the flow. Borrowed from Huckleberry Fin, it can mean to just go out and explore like Huckleberry did in his novel. Huckleberrying is a term to just go out of the average classroom experience and view life in a take it how it is type of way.
-Chris Lee
Along with everyone else in here, hah, I thought of Huckleberry Finn. In the book The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail they let the students go outside the classroom to study the world. I would like to learn like this because I think that if I learn how this would effect the world. I think that it would be easier to comprehend everything aswell.
"Huckleberrying", in my opinion, is open learning. Ut's kearning things you want to learn about, without someone telling you have to learn about it. "Huckleberrying" is, like Kali said, basically "winging it". No rules to what you are learning or how you are learning it.
I think it would be a better technique of learning, and i would love to try it. If someone wants to learn about something, it is going to stick better than things that are being shoved in our ears. It would give knowledge a whole new meaning.
Like most i thought of the American novel, Huckleberry Finn. If you think back to the novel, Huck grew up by experiencing and living life, not in the traditional sense of school. I think this method of learning means that you learn not only informally,but it is more hands on. I feel that this learning method is extremely effective because people can relate these things to real life and actually apply themselves. I would love to experience such a learning style.
My first impression of "huckleberrying" was "Huckleberry Finn" and i thought it might be a verb meaning to act like Huckleberry Finn. I was close, Huckleberry Finn leaned things on his own and i think this would be an effective learning stratagy.
-Ashton Holub
When I first saw this, I immediately thought of Huck Finn. Basically, this method of teaching is like learning as you go, or just coming up with it as you go along. Honestly, I'd love to learn this way, because as you learn you can apply it. There would be no set syllabus and you move at your own pace.
Devin Oulds,
As soon as I recognized the word "huckleberrying" I quickly thought of the novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" writen by Mark Twain. I think huckleberrying means to improvise and to just "stick it out."
I would surely enjoy trying this technique of learning because it helps you apply what you learned to the real world.
A huckleberry is a small berry often similar to a blueberry. I always thought they meant going after one thing and being side tracked by another then continuing on. Such as one might go out in search of strawberries and be distracted by a huckleberry bush.
Huckleberry was also used in American slang at the time with different meanings such as "I'm your Huckleberry" meaning I'm the exact person for this job or "A Huckleberry over my persimmon" meaning slightly beyond my ability.
Since Tom Sawyer was published (1876) after Thoreau died (1862) it's unlikely that Huckleberrying refers to the character from Twain's books.
As for the teaching method, this is how people learn naturally if there is no school, so yes it ought to be effective. Most of my best teachers employed a little Huckleberrying in their style as they responded to questions. Not that anecdotes should be considered valid evidence.
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