Gerald Graff’s essay‚ "Hidden Intellectualism‚" is a critique on how schools are missing out on a valuable opportunity to encourage students to learn more academically. Graff feels that utilizing what he calls "street smarts" is an effective way to relate to students. I feel Graff’s theory is an effective way to use student’s interests to engage them in school. I agree with Graff because if a student is more interested in the lesson that is being taught‚ they are more likely to pay attention and
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Gerald Abbing’s Amusement Park Gerald Abbing sat in the corner of his dark‚ musty living room. He held the paper in his hands‚ gently flipping the pages every moment or so. He hadn’t done much since his wife had left for vacation last week. In fact‚ he had done almost nothing at all. Gerald had spent the last few days re-reading his newspaper and taking sips of his water. But then he heard the piercing ring of the telephone come from the kitchen. It took him a minute‚ but he got himself out of
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In Gerald Haslam’s short story "Grandma‚" the relationship between having pride in one’s cultural heritage and assimilation into the culture of the status quo is illustrated by his inclusion of Spanish in addition to the English spoken by most of the other characters. This can also be evidenced by Grandma’s use of Spanish and then English as well as the narrator’s decision to intersperse Spanish words into the English used to tell the story. Grandma’s application of Spanish also serves as a contrast
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Street or Book Smart… How About Both Often times “street smart” and “book smart” are treated as two different identities‚ street-smart individuals are lacking any real intelligence and substance‚ good “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ by Gerald Graff is an article in which the author suggests that intelligence cannot only be obtained by being school or being “book smart" individual but can also be achieved by what he describes as being "Street smart‚" Graff argues that intellectualism is not only
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Hidden Intellectualism In Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Graff argues that by not involving non-academic elements to the curriculum‚ schools are missing out on opportunities to encourage their students to learn. Students may be more prone to pick up intellectual identities if they were encouraged to do so on subjects that interest them. Graff recalls moments in his youth when his interests in academic subjects were minimal. Although his interests in non-academic subjects were vast‚ his
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perfect example of this. I never have a problem with understanding simply that my brain will not work very effectively when concentrating on such polar opposites of subject. Separate one or the other and I have no problem‚ but together? No way. Clearly Gerald Callahan does not have this problem. In his essay‚ “Chimera” he deftly weaves a personal narrative with an overreaching scientific explanation. He attempts to solve a deeply personal problem with seeing visions of his dead wife‚ by trying to apply
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Student Name:____________Chamila Brown__________________________ Case No.______8_____ Student Number:__________21098154_______________________________ HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Patient Name: Gerald Edwards Hospital No.: 11058 Room No.: 481 Date of Admission: 07/15/2010 Admitting Physician: Catherine Baker‚ MD Admitting Diagnosis: Complications of known diabetes mellitus. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This is a 53-year-old black individual a patient
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another and learn what is expected of them. Group members rely on safe‚ patterned behaviour and look to the group leader for guidance and direction. Group members have a desire for acceptance by the group and a need to be known that the group is safe (Corey‚ 1995). They set about gathering impressions and data about the similarities and differences among them and forming preferences for future subgrouping. Rules of behaviour seem to be to keep things simple and to avoid controversy. Serious topics and
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My Values‚ Beliefs‚ Gestalt Systems BSHS/322 Communication Skills for the Human Service Worker My Values‚ Beliefs‚ Gestalt Systems Many influences on a person’s life privately and professional can come into play when working with clients in the human service profession. In the helping profession we need to take into account our experiences‚ cultural up-bring‚ and communities where we lived in. Just as much as those play a part‚ our clients
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Solution-focused brief therapy respect cultures background‚ understanding the client with his or her culture or worldview‚ it encouraged the client to explore their reality from the culture structure. There might be communication barrier‚ because SFBT approaches directly and it might be odd for some culture that value indirect approach to a problem. (Ivey‚ D’Andrea‚ Ivey & Morgan‚ 2002). Lee (cited in Sharf‚ 2012) states that SFBT can be seen as an approach that will be approved by several cultures
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