"Hidden intellectualism", written by Gerald Graff, was aimed towards an audience of people that want to understand the differences between book smarts and street smarts, and how streets smarts can be used within your educational path allowing the audience to either want to go about doing that by determining if the author gave good or bad advice through their experience; written in 2003. I would be one of those people that's the target audience due to my hidden intellectualism I have instilled within me due to similar experiences, therefore I find Graff's article convincing. Graff basically goes over his childhood and years of an adolescent discussing what he'd do all the time which is talk about sports. He even stated that he "hated books and
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On page 250 it goes more into detail, but just think about how tainted street smarts can be on non academic interest by just trying to “see those interests through academic eyes” coming from a college professor, Ned Laff, in Gerald Graff’s writing (250). From me and the author point of view, It’s not good enough. I strongly acknowledge that if colleges were to find a way to do that then, there would be more successful people. You have people that go to college just because they want to play sports, instead, they should go for something else too other than just playing a sport. Non academic interest should at least become an elective. Overall, “Hidden Intellectualism”, by author, Gerald Graff stress the difference between street smarts, and book smarts are not only different, but similar in a way of where I can relate to his situation. When being smart about the streets or the other books you’re being smart of course, but the street smarts is focus on more of an subject desired that you may not be able to receive much of through schooling. I therefore, fully agree with what the author may have said about the two. When being book smart there are set limits towards what you want to do, may it be to read and write only about sports, cars, clothing, homes,
On page 250 it goes more into detail, but just think about how tainted street smarts can be on non academic interest by just trying to “see those interests through academic eyes” coming from a college professor, Ned Laff, in Gerald Graff’s writing (250). From me and the author point of view, It’s not good enough. I strongly acknowledge that if colleges were to find a way to do that then, there would be more successful people. You have people that go to college just because they want to play sports, instead, they should go for something else too other than just playing a sport. Non academic interest should at least become an elective. Overall, “Hidden Intellectualism”, by author, Gerald Graff stress the difference between street smarts, and book smarts are not only different, but similar in a way of where I can relate to his situation. When being smart about the streets or the other books you’re being smart of course, but the street smarts is focus on more of an subject desired that you may not be able to receive much of through schooling. I therefore, fully agree with what the author may have said about the two. When being book smart there are set limits towards what you want to do, may it be to read and write only about sports, cars, clothing, homes,