Fridman dissect his argument by comparing and contrasting America’s on-going social beliefs and perceptions of the geek and the actual positive role taken on by the nerd and why the role that they play is so vital to our society. Since we live in an anti- intellectualist society‚ nerds are ostracized while athletes are idolized. And this all starts from elementary or middle school. We rarely have a child who will grow up to be the next Albert Einstein‚ but have many children in schools who will be
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players‚ are put on pedestals. Fridman masters diction‚ rhetorical strategies‚ and syntax in “America Needs Its Nerds” to exemplify this point he is trying to get across. Through “America Needs its Nerds” Fridman explains how crucial it is for the anti-intellectual attitude to change; the societies point of view needs to improve. Beginning with the definition of geek‚ Fridman portrays his thoughts on how the society is wrong when it comes to the comparison of Webster’s New World Dictionary definition
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In his article Gerald Graff (2001) claims that by connecting non-academic interests to academic study students can become more intellectual and willing to involve themselves in intellectual study. While he doesn’t deny that academic subjects are important he believes suggesting students to analyze the subjects they enjoy they’ll gain more incentive to go into analytical thinking more often. “Students do need to read models of intellectually challenging writing […] if they are to become intellectuals
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Only in America does society outcast the overachievers. Not talking about the stars in sports or cheerleading‚ but those who rise above the standards academically. Leonid Fridman in his article‚ “America Need Its Nerds”‚ uses rhetorical devices to argue that nerds are treated as inferior compared to the athletes. Questions‚ examples‚ and the idea of “birth to death” are carefully used to argue his point of the treatment these nerds are receiving in today’s society. Don’t questions get the mind
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One would think that it is better to be all brains than all brawn‚ but contrary it is the exact opposite. In “ America Needs Its Nerds”‚ by Leonid Fridman‚ Fridman goes over the unfortunate reality of “nerds” being overshadowed by athletes or anyone with great physical capabilities. Fridman analyzes how the United States‚ a country who desire to be top in academics‚ would praise “jocks” and not give proper recognition to “geeks”. The author With rhetorical questions‚ the consistent use of metaphors
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Some parents are at their children’s back daily pushing them to excel academically. Nothing less than As would please them. Parental pressures to pursue academic success have both positive and negative effects on their children. Some children need parental pressure to study. They have not realised the value of academic achievements. This is especially true for children who are late bloomers. Still carefree about life‚ they prefer to indulge in their favourite sports‚ television programmer and other
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Technology vs Anti-Intellectualism Technology promotes anti-intellectualism. The extent of these effects vary‚ but technology poses many negative results. Growing up‚ with technology surrounding us‚ everyone becomes impacted by technology in some way or another. Since my generation has been born‚ email‚ cell phones‚ and TV has consumed a great deal of our lives. Not knowing much differently‚ many young people fall into the anti-intellectual category when it comes to technology. They tend to
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and will continue to face‚ unless the culture of reality television changes. Life without television‚ I think‚ would only improve‚ and on a much more specific scale would lower the level of child obesity this country has‚ increase the level of intellectualism in most people‚ and people’s individual level of aesthetic tastes would improve overall. If television where to end today‚ I think you would see a vast improvement in child obesity within a few months‚ and while television is not the only cause
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November15th 2013 In “Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids”‚ Grant Penrod makes the argument that academic achievement should be rewarded just as much if not more than athletic achievement. He gives out on the fact that today’s society tends to glorify non-intellectuals‚ such as athletes and celebrities‚ while the intellectually skilled individuals get left on the sidelines with little recognition for their accomplishments. The intellectuals‚ typically seen as “nerds”
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Anti-Italianism & Portrayals of Italian-Americans December 9‚ 2009 | An Essay By Sam MetsFan In 1907‚ Italian Immigration into the United States peaked at just under 286‚000 men‚ women and children. By 1940‚ there were millions of native-born Italian-Americans living in the US. But well before the numbers grew to be this large‚ when far less Italians were settled in North America‚ strong anti-Italian prejudice existed. In 1891‚ a fiction book targeting the growing Mafia of Louisiana appeared
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