An excerpt from They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing” By Gerald Graff Gerald Graff’s excerpt argues about the stagnant appreciation towards being “street smart” compared to academic work, and how it affects writing skills. Graff’s thesis states that “No do we consider one of the major reasons why schools and colleges overlook the intellectual of street smarts: the fact that we associate those street smarts with anti-intellectual concerns.”, and he provides personal and experiences and examples to further his claim. The first reasoning comes from the perspective of the real world and the common person; in academics, students are researching and discussing philosophy and history but
An excerpt from They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing” By Gerald Graff Gerald Graff’s excerpt argues about the stagnant appreciation towards being “street smart” compared to academic work, and how it affects writing skills. Graff’s thesis states that “No do we consider one of the major reasons why schools and colleges overlook the intellectual of street smarts: the fact that we associate those street smarts with anti-intellectual concerns.”, and he provides personal and experiences and examples to further his claim. The first reasoning comes from the perspective of the real world and the common person; in academics, students are researching and discussing philosophy and history but