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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Choose a topic that you’re interested in and want to know more about. B. Choose a thesis statement C. Research topic D. Create an outline E. List your sources F. Write your information in your homework notebook G. Check all the links listed HOLOCAUST The Nazi’s deliberately chose dehumansing ways to kill‚ and used torture‚ to intimidate and terrify the Jews. Following the "Great War‚" Adolph Hitler blamed Germany’s downfalls on the country’s Jewish population causing discrimination‚ violent
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Serrano‚ Edric “HIDDEN INTELLECTUALISM” Reading Response Journal In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff‚ The Author is telling us that knowledge can be seen not only from academic thinking but also in the form of “street smarts”. Graff explains that we know some “impressively street smarts” but does not do well in school‚ but Graff argues that “street smarts” are just as important as “book smarts”. Many people think that it is such a waste‚ that “street smarts” should be taking
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The Holocaust By: Chris Bush 8th Eduard Hornemann was the son of Elizabeth and Philip Hornemann. Eduard was born in 1932 in Eindhoven‚ Holland. Eduard’s family consisted of four known people‚ his mother‚ his dad‚ his younger brother Alexander‚ and himself. His father worked for the Philips Corporation and could provide the family with a great living area‚ because he was an executive there. Eduard was eight years of age when the Germans occupied Holland in May of 1940. When the
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hatred towards Jews‚ therefore leading to the death of over six million men‚ women‚ and children‚ creating what we now know as the Holocaust. In order to truly understand what happened under the Nazi regime‚ one must understand that there were dark‚ evil forces at work; and that through one man in particular‚ Adolf Hitler‚ these forces destroyed nearly two-thirds of the Jews on the planet. During the Holocaust‚ millions of lives were lost and millions more were affected in ways that we will never
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The Holocaust (1933 – 1955) is‚ with no doubt‚ one of the most horrific occurrences in modern history in which millions of Jews and other groups perceived as “inferior” by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party) were persecuted. A question that surrounds the holocaust is whether or not the extermination of the Jews had been intended from the start. The structuralist argument states that there was no long-term plan from the Nazis to exterminate the Jewish people‚ but that it was
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was the holocaust. The holocaust was horrendous because many harmless people died. During world war II‚ Hitler created concentration camps and death camps to kill the Jews because he thought no one else should survive that not Germanic. Another example where human rights was denied was the Rape of Nanjing. The rape of Nanjing was when Japan and china were arguing during WWII because China abandoned their nationalist capital‚ Nanjing.
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“Night of November 9–10‚ 1938‚ when German Nazis attacked the Jewish population and there homes. The name Kristallnacht comes from the litter of broken glass left on the streets after the war. The violence continued on November 10‚ and in some places acts of violence continued on for more and more days to pass. Although the events of the Night of Broken Glass only took place on the 9th of November 1938 and the number of assaults against the Jews had increased throughout the autumn season in 1938
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There have been many attempts and successes at introducing young girls of color to the untold and inspirational stories of women of color. For example‚ the movie Hidden Figures which stormed the box offices on Christmas of 2015 stirring up buzz about its profound message and effects on young women across the world. The movie displays the stories of three women of color working for NASA as “computers‚” people who
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websites that I found on the holocaust and also I will tell you about the word "holocaust‚" made from the Greek words "holos" (whole) and "kaustos" (burned)‚ these words were historically used to describe a sacrificial offering burned on an altar. But since 1945‚ the word has taken on a new and horrible meaning: the mass murder of some 6 million European jews as well as members of some other persecuted groups. And about the others which say the same thing which is the holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic
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