Patrick Wyszynski Doctor Todd Bruce ENG 111-68 5 October 2014 Hidden Intellectualism: A Summary During my lifetime‚ I’ve been referred to as “book smart” once or twice. For many years I thought this was preferable to the less flattering “street smart” label. However‚ Gerald Graff‚ a professor of English and education at The University of Illinois at Chicago‚ argues in his writing Hidden Intellectualism from his 2003 Book Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind that
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outside the classroom such as 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
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Umair Zia Houghton English June 30th‚ 2013 Book Smart vs. Street Smart In the article‚ “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Gerald Graff discusses the topic of book smart versus street smart. Being street smart means having interest in other activities more than in school work‚ while being book smart is the complete opposite of that. Graff believes that having the personality of a street smart person can benefit society if one knows how to channel their potential correctly. He persuades his views
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article by gerald graff called hidden intellectualism I was convinced that I only had one option in order to be considered successful when it came to college. In the second article by mike rose I saw otherwise stated facts. Depending on the type of person you presume to be these articles can either make you feel like somebody or make you feel as if you needed improvement. In my opinion I believe it will. Gerald graff spoke about anti intellectualism versus intellectualism when it came to being book smart
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Street Smart versus Book Smart In his article "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff criticizes those that do not put value into "street smarts." Graff says that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and continues into our everyday living. He states‚ "The need to prove I was smart and the fear of a beating if I proved it too well." Meaning that if the subjects he enjoyed the most became his main interest he would soon have to face ridicule for wanting to be himself (Graff). Graff’s theory
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How television is making people smarted. People all over the world turn on their television each night and watch a few moments to a few hours of television and it is hard to miss a reality show which on almost any channel. If they were to pause on one of these shows they might not know it but they would bettering themselves on a personal level. Based on the ideas of Steven Johnson the average person could learn a thing or two from reality TV. In his article called‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”
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through experience. I feel like a mix of both would be the best combination for a student. Gerald Graff‚ author of “Hidden Intellectualism” in the book They Say‚ I Say explains in his writings that intellect does not only exist in the educated form of thinking. He explains that besides the traditional academic intellectualism there can be some forms of hidden intellectualism that does not come from “book smarts‚” or academics‚ but come from “street smarts” such as things learned from fashion
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professor of English and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago‚ discuss the ever-popular debate on modern technology and the role in plays in schools. Goldwasser and Graff’s articles‚ “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” and “Hidden Intellectualism” approach the topic in a different sense. Goldwasser expresses her thoughts through technology and Graff expresses his mainly through sports‚ yet both authors discuss the latter debate; the advantages of modern technology and the new curriculums
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The essay that caught my interest is "Don’t Blame the Eater" because this relates to almost every child in the United States. We as adults need to educate ourselves and the next generation. Fast food is a growing industry and it’s not going anywhere. Picking up McDonald’s is an easy solution because we don’t have to cook‚ but the risk factor is very dangerous. Children don’t care about the health issues they care about the taste. Fast food is very addicting and children end up depending on these
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Student Essay Required Topics for WR121 Engaging students to write argumentative essays effectively and constructively is a general concern for WR 121 instructors here at University of Oregon. Because WR 121 emphasizes a different form of argumentative writing from a five-paragraph essay that students are generally used to‚ many students struggle to grasp the enthymeme-based argumentative writing that is being taught at University of Oregon. To ease the students’ understanding of utilizing enthymeme
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