Hidden Intellectualism Summary

Title Nelson Mandela, the former president and activist of South Africa, once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Based on his words, he emphasized the significance of education. It will come as no surprise seeing world's influential icons stressing on academic knowledge. Gerald Graff, however, expresses his different perspective in his article, Hidden Intellectualism. By looking back at his childhood, he realizes that his non-academic interest, which is reading sports magazines, is the actual foundation to his current social position as a professor and a writer. Similarly to Graff with his interest in sports magazines, the first batch of brownies that I made was the discovery of my hidden intellectualism
The results were not always pretty: cookies turned out as bricks and muffins were burnt on the outside but uncooked in the inside. It was devastating to see my effort baked into failures. Shortly after my defeat, I came to a conclusion that baking wasn't an activity that I can do carelessly and decided to do some online research. Surprisingly, I learned that baking is a form of chemistry that takes place in a kitchen instead of a laboratory. It heavily relies on chemical reactions that occur between ingredients, so it is crucial to skim through the recipe ahead of time to understand the basic sequence. If dry ingredients, for example, are mixed in the wrong order, the dough will clump due to lack of moisture. As I paid more attention to the directions and focused on my accuracy when measuring out the ingredients, I was able to fill my dining table with finger-licking sweets that also looked pretty good for Instagram uploads. Being aware of the small details that I usually ignored was also conducive for me to build stronger relationships with my peers and to stay on top of all of my classes. Thanks to the laborious procedures that my hobby required, I gradually became meticulous that shined in the kitchen as well as outside of