In his article, ‘Hidden Intellectualism,’ Gerald Graff’s main point is, street smart people can be just as, if not maybe more intellectual than people who are book smart. Everyone is smart in their own different ways. Graff goes on and talks about whether he is “street smart,” or “book smart.” Graff thinks that he was street smart. The author states, “Nor do we consider one of the major reasons why schools and colleges overlook the intellectual potential of street smarts: the fact that we associate
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In the reading “Hidden intellectualism”, Gerald Graff argues that street smarts are actually intelligence, the difference is that on how they approach knowledge, which is different from the norms do. In the article, Graff state that they are called “street smarts” because they are actually book smarts that hide in the society, hence called “hidden intellectualism.” He also implies knowledge is far beyond academic learning, where it can take place in people’s everyday life. Basically, he is saying
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In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, he speaks an abundance about his experiences with being an intellectual, and feeling satisfactory with it. When he was young, he never thought it was “cool” to be smart, or into reading, and he tried to “fit in” with the different crowds of people in his school and neighborhood, who were not known to be the brightest. Ultimately, bold figures in society no longer popularized this “idea” of street smarts being the means of knowledge, and started
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unable to relate to course work material, but have a knowledge of their own. Communities may also feel the same affect when someone’s intellect is not accepted as the norm; in this case, street smarts is looked downed upon. In the essay, “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff explains the troubles these students face when trying to apply their own street smarts towards an education. Graff starts his essay arguing how the academic system is flawed and that it overlooks an important aspect in capturing
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highly respected scholar at the American Enterprise Institution, seems to believe that education is a valuable tool and only if it allows people to have a static set of knowledge and also have well-paying jobs. But Gerald Graff an author of Hidden Intellectualism
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Kunal Arora English 101 Professor Martinez 5 April 2011 A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily is a short intriguing story written by William Faulkner. Emily the main character is portrayed as a woman who kept to herself throughout her whole life. In her younger years her father had driven all her suitors away. No man was good enough for Emily. Emily’s loneliness was especially apparent after her father died and when her boyfriend Homer disappeared. Her hair had turned an irony gray after her
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An Intellectual False Dichotomy Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff, addresses the educational issue in the problem of unlocking a student’s unique intellectual interest and abilities. He believes that the main issue in the approach of education is the false dichotomy between “street-smarts” and academic intelligence. It is demonstrated through his tonal writing, which is littered with criticism of the educational system, yet is fully supportive of education in terms of intellectual growth.
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In his essay, “Hidden Intellectualism”, Gerald Graff uses his own experiences to bring attention to the strain between book and street smarts, as well as the school systems failure to capitalize on street smarts. He references his own success in academic writing to shed light on possible solutions to rectify this failure and give street smarts the recognition they deserve. Graff begins his essay by discussing in detail the incorrect association between street smarts and lack of intelligence as well
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In the story “Hidden Intellectualism” written by; Gerald Graff, is about how schools and college’s make mistakes by not valuing street smarts, but academic skills. The reason street smarts are undervalued is because, they aren’t associated with academic skills. Since in the story Gerald Graff explained his interest in sports illustrated books, which he thought wasn’t intellectual to him or others. However, the author; Gerald Graff also mentioned “that one major reason why schools and colleges overlook
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In “Hidden Intellectualism”, Gerald Graff tries to argue that intellectualism is not only existing in the academic world but usually hided in the street, the latter is what we call the “street smart”. According to his own experiences from his childhood, Graff tells how his disinterest in the academic research limited his gift of intellect until he once tried to discuss sport with his friend by means of academic research methods and strategies. Then, Graff tells his experience when he was in Chicago
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