greatest minds of all time‚ every individual has the capacity to be an intellectual‚ but the way society currently measures intellect purely based off of one’s “book smarts” not everyone’s genius is fully realized. As stated by Gerald Graff In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Graff states that our current system of teaching does by no means try to foster the intelligence of street smart people who account for many in our society. In Graff’s experience he thinks that a style of teaching incorporating street
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Context Journal for “Hidden Intellectualism “ Undoubtedly‚ some of the language in this week’s assigned reading challenges readers. The context journal helps students meet this challenge by identifying: • the basic features and structures of the text; • unfamiliar words and references; • reproduce good text; • explain their thinking‚ • and fill in their vocabulary gaps by connecting the language they have now with the language they need to navigate academic
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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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Finding and Developing Employee Talent at Deloitte – A Case Study 1. Using the descriptions of different behaviors‚ attitudes‚ and abilities that Deloitte seems to deem desirable in its applicants‚ describe the key personality characteristics that you think the company is seeking in its employees? Explain the reasoning behind your answer. It appears that Deloitte is seeking applicants with an internal locus of control; those persons who look inward for motivation and believe that they
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In ’Tradition and the Individual Talent’‚ T.S. Eliot so eloquently states "Art never improves‚ but... the material of art is never quite the same" (Eliot‚ 1921‚ p. I) . In other words‚ art stays itself but not quite the self it once used to be; rather a new version is created‚ recreated and refashioned over and over again. This axiom hints to the generative nature‚ a key feature marking art. This generative nature makes it possible for art to generate (new) art: the outcome of this process is similar
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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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Native American Astrology The Animal Signs The Otter Jan 20 - Feb 18- If you’re an otter‚ then you’re a little bit quirky. It’s hard to figure you out sometimes. You are often perceived as unconventional. You always think outside of the box and your methods are most often effective. You have a vivid imagination and great intelligence which keeps you a step ahead of others often. You are very perceptive and intuitive. You make a great friend and are very attentive to those you care about
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Hidden Sexual Messages Found In Disney Movies Group Name: LUCKY # 13 Group Leader: Jami Rosier Editors: Zack Sams & Steve Raszka Proofreaders: Sara Roberts‚ Haley Rinas‚ Brittani Saab Designers: Mike Porowski‚ Jami Rosier‚ Brett Pilkington Writers: Brett Pilkington‚ Mike Porowski‚ Steve Raszka‚ Haley Rinas‚ Jami Rosier‚ Zack Sams Introduction By: Jami Rosier With competitors such as DreamWorks‚ and Pixar‚ Disney Incorporated uses a vividly apparent strategy of sex appeal in order to raise
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Branley Rodriguez Professor Gonzalez English 111 Critical Analysis Who ever said being street smart but not book smart was a bad thing? In his short essay “Hidden Intellectualism” written in 2003 Gerald Graff talks about what people call book smart (Intellectualism) can hide into what one calls “Street Smart”(Hidden Intellectualism). Graff argues about how teachers are going the wrong way on how they should do their job‚ stating that they can use this to their advantage by using topics that
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narrative and characterization became subordinated. Perhaps‚ the knowledge that even the greatest cinematic martial arts sequences are only heightened by a powerful narrative‚ spurred Ang Lee to make a film out of the Chinese novel Crouching Tiger‚ Hidden Dragon. In this film‚ the narrative’s primary function is not only to frontline the brilliantly choreographed fighting scenes‚ but also to adjoin such sequences with a powerful narrative that touches upon the emotional vulnerability associated with
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