In 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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“A Modest Proposal‚” written by Jonathon Swift‚ presents a number of problems in Ireland in 1729. Swift writes to an economically depressed‚ famine filled‚ and ill Ireland in an attempt to persuade families to help solve the countries sufferings. Stating‚ “mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood are forced to employ all their time in strolling‚ to beg sustenance for their helpless infants‚” Swift effectively paints a picture for his audience to better understand the intensity
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The documentary Food‚ Inc was created to show viewers what is being put on their plates and has given me an altered view towards the food industry which has drastically changed my food habits. Many emotional scenes were shown on this film to give viewers empathy towards the problem that is occurring. The documentary shows many vivid details and explains what is in the food that consumers eat. The film food‚ Inc influenced my habits of consumption by eating organic meats‚ purchasing most foods in
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Aditya M. Shah 3rd Period AP Lit Daisy Miller Quotes “I hardly know whether it was the analogies or the differences that were uppermost in the mind of a young American who‚ two or three years ago‚ sat in the garden of the ’Trois Couronnes‚’ looking about him‚ rather idly‚ at some of the graceful objects I have mentioned” (354). James Henry transitions from a lengthy description of the city of Vevey to the introduction of the protagonist of his story. By closing in on a certain character‚ the
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In the article The Right to Fail‚ William Zinsser believes that the word dropout should not always have negative connotations. Persons who are under a certain age and leave school‚ or drop out‚ are often considered failures by societies set standards. Zinsser believes these standards set by society makes failing an almost unspeakable act and that the media‚ through advertisements and commercials‚ shows successful people living an American dream‚ filled with happiness‚ not the failure associated with
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Review 1 Piotr Taracha. “THE SCULPTURES OF ALACAHÖYÜK: A Key to Religious Symbolism in Hittite Representational Art”. Near Eastern Archaeology 75.2 (2012): 108–115. Web... Summary In the article “The sculptures of Alacahoyuk: A key to religious symbolism in Hittite representational art”‚ a Professor of Hittitology‚ Piotr Taracha‚ proposes that Alacahoyuk was one of The Hittites holy cities. According to Piotr Taracha‚ Alacahoyuk is located in Northern Anatolia just above the capital‚ Hattusa
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In class‚ we watch a documentation called food Inc‚ the movie was about what we are eating and how they are being produced. In the documentation‚ has showed us many things about different company and they did not want to be interviewed. The documentation showed a woman who had a little boy that died from a meat and two weeks later it had a recall‚ her focus was to show us what could possible happens‚ and how long will it take before they take the food out the market. Due to the wrongs that are being
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In his essay "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff argues that intellectualism is not something that can only be archived through proper eduaction like school or college‚ but with subjects that people consider non academics as sports and cars. The writer consider "street smart" to those people who learn things outside of an academic environment‚ for example in the streets of their neighborhood. The writer argues that educators should let students decide on the subject that thay are more
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1) After reading “My Son Wear Dresses‚” it called my attention that even though the father was raised straight‚ he was ok having his child wearing dresses‚ painting his nails‚ etc. I personally would have a hard time supplying stuff for my kids to become another gender than what it says on their birth certificate. I would not reject my kids if they choose to do so‚ but I would not give my full support due to my religion beliefs. I was thought that male and female God created us‚ and by providing
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Royal Bank of Canada was founded in 1864 and chartered in 1869. It became Canada’s largest bank and was the first bank in Canada to install computer technology. On May 31‚2004 RDC decided to have a programming upgrade. Unfortunately‚ a glitch caused by a programming error resulted in massive compter failure that affected millions of banking customers around the country. Actually‚ the programming error was fixed on early Tuesday‚ June 1st; however‚ several days later‚ millions of RBC customers
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