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    In “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff explains his view on intellectualism and how the education system only limits intellectualism to book smarts. Graff also enlightens the misunderstanding on society with “street smarts.” He explains that everyone including “street smart have potential and they are overlooked. Graff explains that we only associate the educated lifestyle with texts and subjects. He argues that the education system assumes that its possible to “wax intellectual’s about

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    America ’s Most Significant Events Jennifer Blaxon 135 9/25/2011 Gary Grimm America ’s Most Significant Events Introduction This paper will address each important event of a decade‚ starting from the 1950’s throughout the 1990’s. These are the events I feel were most significant to America at that time‚ and also helped to shape the America we live in today. Understanding each event and its purpose will lead to having a better

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    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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    writers in literary history‚ Maugham is largely associated with the British Empire in the East. Between 1916 and 1926‚ he made extensive trips to the South Seas and the Far East. In the autumn of 1919‚ Maugham visited China with his same-sex partner Gerald Haxton. Together they stayed in China for four months and left in 1920. As the first destination of Maugham’s Far Eastern trips‚ China inspires works that constitute a fairly large portion in the corpus of Maugham’s exotic writings. The fruits of

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    The Political Career of Richard Nixon 1. Nixon ’s Beginning in Politics 2. Emergence in National Politics A. The Hiss Case B. Nixon ’s Political Obituary C. Resurgence as a presidential candidate 3. The 37th President A. Nixon ’s Appointment ’s B. Foreign Policy 1. Nixon ’s plans for Europe 2. Vietnam C. Domestic Policy

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