Aiza Daud Lucinda Channon English 1301 5 September 2011 Interest Initiates Learning In Gerald Graff’s essay‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ one is exposed to the author’s view of different means of intellectualism. Graff gives the reader an uncommon perception of what it means to be an intellectual. He expresses his views by stating that a person can be an intellectual in fields that have nothing to do with academia‚ such as street smarts or particular interests. He also states that if you incorporate
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In his essay "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff argues that intellectualism is not something that can only be archived through proper education like school or college‚ but with subjects that people consider non academics as sports and cars. The writer considers "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 they are more interested
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Hidden Intellectualism In his article "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff criticizes those that do not put value into "street smarts." Graff insists that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and continues into the everyday world. As a child‚ Graff always looked for a happy medium between brawn and brain. As Graff describes‚ he felt "the need to prove I was smart and the fear of a beating if I proved it too well." In a culture that values sports and entertainment‚ Gerald knew he would
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Graff‚ however‚ expresses his different perspective in his article‚ Hidden Intellectualism. By looking back at his childhood‚ he realizes that his non-academic interest‚ which is reading sports magazines‚ is the actual foundation to his current social position as a professor and a writer. Similarly to Graff with his interest in sports magazines‚ the first batch of brownies that I made was the discovery of my hidden intellectualism
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with his Intellectualism essay. B.) How you like the readers describe the personality you present? The personality I want to convey in this summary is someone who has read Graff’s essay and is able to comprehend what he is trying to say. C.) What questions does your paper answer? Some of the questions I answer in my summary are who is Gerald Graff‚ How he came to philosophy his theory or thought of street smarts‚ show his thesis ‚and demonstrate a few of his thoughts. Hidden Intellectualism
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According to Gerald Graff’s essay‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ street smart students are often thought of as anti-intellectuals because of educators limited and narrow views that intellectualism is only associated with book smarts instead of realizing that students can develop their intellectual and academic way of thinking through non-traditional subjects that interest them. Graff conveys that by making students non-academic interests the focus can attract and motivate them to learn but acknowledges
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Hidden Intellectualism Essay Could sports fans become great intellectuals? Well when speaking in forms of intellectualism‚ Gerald Graff considers Sports and other forms of “street smarts” do seem to be their own form of intellectualism. The new Hidden Intellectualism that is found within these “street smarts”. Hidden intellectualism to Graff in early life was the argument/debate on who is the toughest and what sports team was the best. When arguing about these things graph found himself doing
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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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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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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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