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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In his essay "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff argues that intellectualism is not something that can only be archived through proper eduaction like school or college‚ but with subjects that people consider non academics as sports and cars. The writer consider "street smart" to those people who learn things outside of an academic environment‚ for example in the streets of their neighborhood. The writer argues that educators should let students decide on the subject that thay are more
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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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are able to love‚ work‚ and act as responsible members of the community” (pg 9). Although education serves a role in a person’s life‚ is the material provided to educate these students sufficient though? Gerald Graff argues in his article‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ that if school systems would incorporate more youth culture into the lessons‚
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Cultural Intellectualism In Gerald Graff’s essay Hidden Intellectualism; he criticizes those who do not put appropriate value into "street smarts." Graff persists that knowledge extends further than academic learning and carries into the everyday life. He writes about some of his precollege experiences with being as a “nonintellectual” due to his lack of interest in academic literary subjects. Graff also discusses how his interest in sports actually led him into academic intellectualism as an adult
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In Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff‚ he begins with the argument of “street-smarts” versus “school-smarts”. Graff explains that school-smarts can be hidden within street smarts and can be learnt through not just talking with friends‚ but also from the media and our surroundings‚ hence the “hidden” intellectualism. He goes onto explain that “schools and colleges overlook the intellectual potential of street-smarts” (198) because these types of intellectualism are actually considered anti-intellectualism
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Hidden Intellectualism Growing up where I was raised street smart was having the experience and knowledge necessary to deal with the potential difficulties or dangers of life in an urban environment. Like you know people actions and how to read body language and get the sense something isn’t right here. It even can be starting your own busy be and entrepreneur. If you were book smart you’ll get call a nerd and picked on in rough area of the city. I saw some of my peers try to dumb down the way
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degree. This is very common and probably sounds sensible to you. Gerald Graff‚ author of‚ “Hidden Intellectualism‚” an article published in the writing guidebook They Say‚ I Say would disagree. Graff would probably fault my friend’s teachers for not using his interest in cars as a way to encourage academic thinking. Graff believes that street smarts can be used as a medium to reach higher levels of intellectualism. He asserts that usually they are not because‚ “We associate the
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A summary of “hidden intellectualism” by Gerald Graff: In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff offers a critique of the education system for overlooking the intellectual potential of those who possess unconventional “street smarts”. We as a society assume that only the inherently weighty academic subjects grant us “true” knowledge‚ and that knowledge in subjects such as fashion‚ sports or even dating holds no intellectual tenor. The problem with this assumption‚ Graff insists‚ is that
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Objectives: Produce a focused analysis‚ three to four pages in length‚ of Gerald Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism.” Getting Started: Make sure you understand the meaning of analysis; according to the Norton Field Guide‚ “Your goal in analyzing a text is to lead readers through careful examination of a text to some kind of interpretation or reasoned judgment” (69). Consider it your job to attempt to define and explain what you see in Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism.” Rather than just answering
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