all time‚ every individual has the capacity to be an intellectual‚ but the way society currently measures intellect purely based off of one’s “book smarts” not everyone’s genius is fully realized. As stated by Gerald Graff In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Graff states that our current system of teaching does by no means try to foster the intelligence of street smart people who account for many in our society. In Graff’s experience he thinks that a style of teaching incorporating street smarts
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knowledge cause some people to doubt the functions of the college‚ and claim that the college has been already not the best place in nurturing intellectuals. Gerald Graff expresses the similar idea depending on his childhood’s experience in “Hidden intellectualism”‚ and claims the “street smarts” can provide more benefits than “book smart” which we learn in the college. I would argue that the college is still the best place for students become intellectuals because of the unique benefits such as the open
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According to Gerald Graff’s essay‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ street smart students are often thought of as anti-intellectuals because of educators limited and narrow views that intellectualism is only associated with book smarts instead of realizing that students can develop their intellectual and academic way of thinking through non-traditional subjects that interest them. Graff conveys that by making students non-academic interests the focus can attract and motivate them to learn but acknowledges
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Branley Rodriguez Professor Gonzalez English 111 Critical Analysis Who ever said being street smart but not book smart was a bad thing? In his short essay “Hidden Intellectualism” written in 2003 Gerald Graff talks about what people call book smart (Intellectualism) can hide into what one calls “Street Smart”(Hidden Intellectualism). Graff argues about how teachers are going the wrong way on how they should do their job‚ stating that they can use this to their advantage by using topics that such
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Summary of Hidden Intellectualism In his essay‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ Gerald Graff asserts that although many overlook it‚ street smarts are as important to a person as book smarts. He demonstrates that while some people come across as very street smart‚ with knowledge on a variety of subjects‚ they do poorly in school and seem like they are not smart. Also‚ schools overlook street smarts as they associate it with anti-intellectual concerns. But what truly makes someone a good thinker‚ Graff
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Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff‚ he begins with the argument of “street-smarts” versus “school-smarts”. Graff explains that school-smarts can be hidden within street smarts and can be learnt through not just talking with friends‚ but also from the media and our surroundings‚ hence the “hidden” intellectualism. He goes onto explain that “schools and colleges overlook the intellectual potential of street-smarts” (198) because these types of intellectualism are actually considered anti-intellectualism
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Student Anti-Intellectualism Essay Since I have been attending college‚ I have noticed a lot of “student anti-intellectualism.” A lot of this concept is mandatory whether students and teachers realize it or not. College is for students who should want to better their education. Upon talking with different classmates‚ I have come to realize that students attend college for many different reasons other than to expand their knowledge. Some claim to come simply because their life became a bore and
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outside the classroom such as sports‚ video games or the Internet. What if these interests were brought into the classroom and taught? Gerald Graff‚ the author of “Hidden Intellectualism” argues that there is more than one way to measure intelligence. This essay significantly considers how Graff’s beliefs on “Hidden Intellectualism” can be related to today’s education system. While I somewhat agree with Graff I find it difficult to completely believe that children should be taught only of topics that
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passage how Americans stress being social and athletic‚ rather than being intellectually adroit. Fridman develops his argument that America has anti-intellectual values by using the techniques of hyperbole‚ rhetorical questions‚ and logos. Fridman uses hyperboles to prove to the reader that the American population needs to change its view on intellectualism. In the first paragraph‚ Fridman writes‚ “There is something very wrong with the system of values in a society that has only derogatory terms
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Connor Christensen AP Language We Need Nerds! Anti-intellectualism is a slaughter house that is easily seen‚ but near impossible to escape. How can you show the billions of Americans that love sports that paying millions to a single player on their favorite team isn’t going to cure cancer? How can you influence thousands of “high-up” jocks that society would fall without the very nerds being squashed beneath their feet? It could very well start with Leonid Fridman’s work entitled‚ “America Needs
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