Hidden Intellectualism Essay

In the U.S. society, it seems that our school systems are taking a negative turn; the road that will pave the way for your educational future is based mainly on how much money you can spend on the best schools in order to get the best education. The U.S. Society has set up the educational system so that people of higher class, people who have the most money, will have an easier advance to success, while lower class citizens, people with not as much money are more likely to fall behind because there are not as many educational opportunities for them. There are a large number of expensive private schools that may offer a better education that a wealthy person would be able to afford with ease, but someone of middle, or even a low class family would have great difficulty sending their child to these schools without a scholarship that there are so few of anyway. Schools do not tend to give out many scholarships, they may give out 1 for every 100 students so for people who are not fortunate enough to receive a scholarship, they are limited to attending public schools where they may not receive all the attention and help that they need. In …show more content…
In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, he writes about how the American society views street smarts in the lines,” Nor do we consider one of the major reasons why schools and colleges overlook the intellectual potential of street smarts: the fact that we associate those street smarts with anti intellectual concerns. We associate the educated life, the life of the mind, too narrowly and exclusively with subjects and texts that we consider inheritably weighty and academic. We assume that it’s possible to wax intellectual about Pluto, Shakespeare, the French Revolution, and nuclear fission, but not about cars, dating, fashion, sports, TV, or Video Games.” (Graff