Many students’ street smarts greatly surpass their book smarts. I believe that instructors can strengthen students’ book smarts by encouraging them to write‚ read‚ think‚ and learn about personal areas of interest. They can accomplish this by taking students on field trips so they actively experience what their learning in the class room‚ and use these “street smarts” to build a stronger foundation of what their trying to teach. So what exactly are street and book smarts? There are many definitions
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“The problem with educating stupid people was that they didn’t know they were stupid.” Lucky for me‚ I knew I wasn’t too smart in my early years. For starters‚ I couldn’t read at the beginning of first grade‚ and I understood that I’d need to work hard to get to where I needed to be. In second grade‚ I was at the bottom of my class in the number of math facts we could do in five minutes. After that I started to excel in my grades. Then in third grade I was one of seven fourth grade students to be
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The author Dave Grossman‚ in his essay “We Are Training Kids To kill‚ talking about how he believes that media and modern day technology and violent video games are reasons for child violence worldwide. Grossman goes on to relate and use his experience in the military to the violence in the youth and younger generation as emphasis. In the article Grossman is very disturbed regarding today’s youth. He starts off by mentioning about the cluster of suicides that occurred in the 1970’s due to local
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We Are All Biased: Why We Stereotype We are hard-wired to be biased... According to psychologists that is. As per them‚ even those of us who think that we do not stereotype‚ do so automatically: based on race‚ nationality‚ profession‚ sex‚ etc. But before you protest‚ there’s an instinctive reason for this. Our survival made it important that we became social and so humans have for centuries needed to know who to trust. And since it is impossible to categorize every single person we interact with
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almost everyone’s personality but with different levels. Questioning the opinions is not detrimental‚ rather‚ by undertaking this interrogation process you get to know the levels of intellectualism. In
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Kids or No Kids Candance Bacco March 3‚ 2013 The title of my paper is called Kids or No Kids. Today married couples have a big decision on whether or not they want kids. I start out my paper by talking about how important this decision is and how it effects other people. Then I start to talk about all the pros of having kids. After that I point out all the cons of having children. The next part of the paper is all about the pros and cons of not having kids. As you will see there are a lot
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Christian truth‚ the glory that lay ahead‚ and the solid ground of Christian morality” (70). In the next chapter on the Enlightenment‚ Wright brings the narrative to the present in order to make a case against anti-intellectualism‚ but also against the veneration of intellectualism. Today‚ he argues‚ we ought to be aware what Enlightenment “assertions must be politely denied‚ which of
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things pertaining to kids should be banned‚ but I beg to differ. I’m pretty sure companies intentions aren’t to corrupt the mind of children‚ but to only make a profit from their merchandise. Now‚ it is understandable for a parent to be on the fence about these advertisements because i’m sure we have all seen a ad that simply wasn’t for the eyes‚ and ears of a child‚ but a company has to do almost what ever it takes to sell their product by any means. Yes‚ it is known that kids under the age of eight
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Task 1 I hate Mondays Its Monday‚ and I hate it. I am supposed to go to school but I don’t want to. And I know‚ If I go to school‚ I would just be alone in the class. I don’t have any friends to talk to and all the teachers think I’m dumb. But I am not going today. I got something better planned than going to school. All the others kids‚ and the teaches. That has done me wrong so many times. Are going to suffer today. I have made a perfect plan. And I’m ready. Because for my birthday. My father
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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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