2017 Rhetorical Analysis: “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff‚ Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago‚ stated in "Hidden Intellectualism‚" that in every student‚ there is intellect that is trying to break out and encourage them to discover their own intellectualism‚ that was hiding within (Graff 23). “Hidden Intellectualism” is a teaching article directed towards schools and teachers to try and help kids bring out their intellectualism at a young age or bring different
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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 challenges
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rather than the provided public schooling. In Hidden Intellectualism‚ Graff shows how he had gained intellectualism‚ not through the public education system but from the sources he sees every day such as sports and magazines. Graff states‚ “Until I entered college‚ I hated books and cared for only sports… that my preference for sports over schoolwork was not anti-intellectualism so much as intellectualism for other means” (958). By stating this‚ Graff shows how when schooling failed to provide a successful
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In part 2 of They Say/I Say‚ authors Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein begin the process of teaching how to present the writer’s counter-argument‚ the “I say.” The “I say” segment is where you discuss and offer your own argument to what they have said or wrote. The three most common ways of using “I Say” are agreement‚ disagreement‚ and a combination of the two. Graff and Birkenstein goes on to explain that when you agree‚ disagree‚ or even both‚ you should not mildly or incompetently do either
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Analysis of Gerald Graff’s Essay “Hidden Intelligence” Most people‚ when asked‚ say that a person is intelligent if they have “book smarts.” People that are book smart can write and converse about subjects taught in school. On the other hand‚ people with “street smarts” aren’t seen as intellectuals because the subjects they are knowledgeable about are not traditional. In his essay called “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Gerald Graff insists that schools and colleges are missing an opportunity to translate
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exam. In his essay‚ “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
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beginner level writers. From chapter one towards three there are numerous “templates” Graff uses to express his ideas on how to better a writers credibility towards claims‚ arguments‚ research‚ or practically anything a writer would need to pull information from an outside source. Basically‚ the one template he wants known the most is the‚ “’they say _____ ; I say _____’ formula” (Graff 3). To summarize most of what Gerald had to say about this template for writers‚is to use it when a writer wants to use
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The Business of Learning to Like Books Gerald Graff has had a distinguished academic career; receiving his BA in English from the University of Chicago and his PhD in English and American Literature from Stanford University. Throughout his career‚ he has taught at various universities and is currently a professor of English and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Today’s summary is about and excerpt from Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American
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In the Introduction to “They Say I Say”: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing‚ Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to guide students in academic discussion and debates through writing and also have students engage in critical thinking which in turn makes the writing task easier to complete. Specifically‚ Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer takes writing beyond the traditional five-paragraph essay and engage students in writing
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Conflict is Needed In classrooms‚ conflict is necessary to achieve student abilities to devise their own perspective and form different judgement on a topic which helps gain knowledge. In the essay “Other Voices‚ Other Rooms‚ by Gerald Graff‚ a professor of English and education writes about “the chance to try on a variety of clashing ideas‚ to see what they feel like‚ is one of the most exciting opportunities an education can provide”‚ which is known as conflict in a classroom. While
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