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
Premium Argument Education Knowledge
Content 1. Abstract……………………………………………………….. 1 2. Introduction…………………………………….…………….. 2 3. Design & Analysis…..……………………………………….. 3 4. Result ………………………………………………………… 10 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………..... 10 Smart Dust Shilpa Nagod Page 1 of 10 SMART DUST 1.Abstract ’Smart’ dust’ is a minute grain of silicon that spontaneously assembles‚ orients and senses its local environment‚ a first step toward fan development of rebels the size of sand grains that could be used in medicine‚ bioterrorism
Premium Wireless sensor network Optical fiber Power
Street Smarts over Book Smarts Gerald Graff is a Professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois at Chicago. In Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. Gerald Graff supports this belief by telling a personal story‚ explaining where the education systems fails‚ and stating that people stereotype intellect with
Free Education School Anti-intellectualism
“Clothes” By naming the story “Clothes” Divakaruni takes the titles and turns it into a symbol for something in the story. In this instance Sumita’s clothes symbolize her journey from her old naitve country traditions in India to her new independence in her and her husband’s new apartment in America. Divakaruni writes this story to show the readers that most Indian country tradition is for the daughter to have an arranged marriage‚ with someone she may not know and love at the same time but will
Premium Family Fiction Marriage
Using natural energy resources doesn’t necessarily mean you will conserve any energy‚ yet we do advise every household to research the possibility of implementing natural energy resources to influence their home power supply. This will conserve the fossil fuels we are currently consuming at an alarming rate. Many little things can be done in an attempt to conserve energy in the home. It is knowing how to do these little energy conservation processes that many people do not know about‚ understand
Premium Energy conservation Natural environment Lighting
David Mach David Mach is a Scottish sculptor he is also an installation artist. Mach’s artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced objects. These include magazines‚ vicious teddy bears‚ newspapers‚ car tyres‚ match sticks and coat hangers. Here are two sculptures of David Mach: Sculpture 1: Gorilla Materials used: -He has used wire hangers in his pieces of art. Mach first creates a plastic base of the figure he then wraps in coat hangers. Hundreds of basic hangers are welded
Premium Sculpture Installation art
Laundry Shops can be seen like mushrooms popping in and out of the metropolis. If you take a look closer‚ these laundry shops are mostly full of laundry either packed in plastics ready for pick-up‚ sorted in baskets ready for washing‚ or inside the machine spinning. A laundry business is one of the simplest business that you can think of since it doesn’t require a lot of skill to operate and manage. A simple individual can be one of your staff and anyone can manage this business because it is not
Premium Sole proprietorship Laundry All That You Can't Leave Behind
The short story “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a young Indian woman‚ Sumita‚ and her cultural transition to America that is symbolized by her clothes and the color of her clothes. The traditional Indian attire for a woman is a sari and each one has its own purpose. Her clothes also indicate her progression from daughter‚ to wife‚ to woman‚ which is why this story embodies Mordecai Marcus’ description of an initiation story. The story starts off with the bride to be in a yellow
Premium Marriage Western culture Short story
Introduction: Smart textiles is the modification of fibers‚ fabrics and special articals which is produceing day by day in different way and different techniques. Many intelligent textiles already feature in advanced types of clothing‚ principally for protection and safety and for added fashion or convenience. Smart materials or textiles can be defined as the materials and structures which have sense or can sense the environmental conditions or stimuli‚ whereas intelligent textiles can
Premium Textile Yarn Cotton
Many students’ street smarts greatly surpass their book smarts. I believe that instructors can strengthen students’ book smarts by encouraging them to write‚ read‚ think‚ and learn about personal areas of interest. They can accomplish this by taking students on field trips so they actively experience what their learning in the class room‚ and use these “street smarts” to build a stronger foundation of what their trying to teach. So what exactly are street and book smarts? There are many definitions
Premium Management Psychology Scientific method