“Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Gerald Graff explores the limits current education standards impose on our youth’s development. Graff presents the idea that perhaps the subjects that we normally associate with “anti-intellectualism” are just as capable of being subject of critical thought as Shakespeare’s plays. “Real intellectuals turn any subject‚ however lightweight it may seem‚ into grist for their mill through the thoughtful questions they bring to it” (Graff‚ 381). This idea is central to understanding
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Watching TV Makes you smarter. Stevens‚ Dana. “Thinking Outside the Idiot Box.” They Say‚ I Say with Readings. Ed. Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton and Company‚ 2009. 277-294. Print. Peacocke‚ Antonia. Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious. They Say‚ I Say with Readings. Ed. Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton and Company‚ 2009. 294-311. Print.
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Cited: Graff‚ Gerald‚ and Cathy Birkenstein. "Don ’t Blame the Eater." They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. New York: W.W. Norton &‚ 2010. 391-94. Print. Graff‚ Gerald‚ and Cathy Birkenstein. "What You Eat Is Your Business." They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. New York: W.W. Norton &‚ 2010. 395-99. Print
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sports‚ video games or the Internet. What if these interests were brought into the classroom and taught? Gerald Graff‚ the author of “Hidden Intellectualism” argues that there is more than one way to measure intelligence. This essay significantly considers how Graff’s beliefs on “Hidden Intellectualism” can be related to today’s education system. While I somewhat agree with Graff I find it difficult to completely believe that children should be taught only of topics that interest them for the
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In chapters four and five to “they say” Three ways to respond to “yes/no/okay‚ but” and Distinguishing what you say from what they say. “And Yet” Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstien and Russel Durst say that “you need to be an expert in a field to have an argument at all” (p‚55). Are they referring to an actual job like a lawyer? where they are good on arguing about a certain topic. You must have some sort of topic to go off of to argue your case‚ and to make it believable for others. As for agreeing
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Is Your Business” They Say/ I Say with Readings. 2nd. Ed. Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 2012. 395- 8. Warner‚ Judith. “Junking Junk Foods.” They Say/ I Say with Readings. 2nd ed. Ed. Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 2012. 400-4. Zinczenko‚ David. “Don’t Blame the Eater.” They Say/ I Say with Readings. 2nd ed. Ed. Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 2012. 391-3.
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Aarju Patel Professor Quirk UCWR:110 28 October 2016 Who Really Should Attend College In the most recent debates regarding higher education‚ a particular issue of whether a liberal arts education can benefit students is relentless. While most people directly connect a liberal arts education to a bright future in terms of a career‚ others argue against that. On one hand‚ Sanford J. Ungar strongly believes that despite some hardships that come along with college‚ everyone should take the opportunity
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Cited: Graff‚ Gerald ‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. Krugman. "Confronting Inequality." They Say/I Say 2nd ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2012. 586-603. Print.
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don’t want to give it” (Birkenstein‚ Durst‚ and Graff 375). Phone calls seem to require a certain amount of time and commitment‚ something people seem to have neither of‚ and that’s why people would rather send a quick text or email than take time out of their busy day to take a call. Staying behind your screen also offers a protection that phone calls don’t. “It’s only on the screen that shy people open up‚” Elaine‚ a teen that Turkle interviewed explains (Birkenstein et al. 373). “It’s a place
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September 26‚ 2013 David Zinczenko’s essay‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” (New York Times‚ November 23‚ 2002) emphasizes the idea that the large conglomerates may be held accountable for some legal responsibility for the skyrocketing rate of obesity in America within children. He uses anecdotal evidence from his past to argue that it is not the consumer’s fault that they are experiencing health issues‚ it is the multinational corporations that own the most well known fast food restaurants. Zinczenko
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