Gerald Graff Essay

because he is good at what he does. In Gerald Graff’s article “Hidden Intellectualism” he agrees on certain points with Murray. Such as the idea that someone should pursue what they are good at instead of trying to learn and do what everyone else is doing. Graff writes, “We associate the educated life the life of the mind, too narrowly and exclusively with subjects and texts that we consider inherently weighty and academic” (380). In making this comment, Graff points out that people aren’t…

The paper “Hidden Intellectualism” by: Gerald Graff is a very interesting and thought-provoking essay. Graff’s main theme appears to be that school should use topics that students are interested in to teach them, in which I agree because it allows students to make connections from their life outside of school. The main idea is very well supported by studies done by research. The essay starts out with the problem that knowing about the outside world is useless in today's schools. “One who is…

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…

A lot of people debate over whether college is beneficial or not. Well in a honest sense the answer to that is what do you want out of life? A highly placed job, lowly placed job? That is what decides whether college is for you or not. I honestly don’t feel the want for a high placed job, a job as a CEO, a job as a scientist, or an engineer. I personally choose the want for a normal placed job where I can live as a normal person. I’ve a few reasons why I also feel college wouldn’t be beneficial…

As I reflect back to the learning that I’ve gained thus far in English 5A I realized how broad English truly is, there is way more than I imagined to learn. As I started the semester, my first essay wasn’t the best, as I continued in English 5A I learned different ways on how to approach an academic essay with a better outcome. I acquired that a well written essay is structured properly by identifying the conversation about a topic. As I continued into the semester I was expected to use…

understand the surface of the text but to go deep underneath to understand the mean of it. Also by improving the critical reading and critical think, it will help me remember the article more. Furthermore, by using the book They Say I Say from Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein I learn how to start an…

Higher education should be a priority or eventual goal in everyone’s adult lives. In Gerald…

College is Not for Everyone If you go to high school in Michigan, you know that you do not get to pick very many of the classes you take. The state of Michigan has come up with a set of standards every student has to follow and demands every student take the SAT, so the students will be prepared for college. There is just one essential thing that the state overlooks with this thinking. Not every student in the state of Michigan is going to go to college or should even go to college. As a result…

“Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.”- Sir William Jones. There are many areas in my writing that I need to develop but I picked a few of the biggest and basic ones for my midterm project. Grammar and spelling, linking words throughout my essays, and transitions are all areas I have found very useful resources for. Linking and connecting words is an issue for me because I find it difficult to combine all the ideas I have in my head and transfer them into my writing. I also have to…

In this module we started reading “They Say/I Say “By, Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst. Our first two sections were the Introduction: Entering the conversation and “They Say pages 17-51. In the Introduction they start with telling us about the templates used to enter a conversation or civil discourse. Some of the templates used are “Many Americans assume that _______., I agree that _________.” These are great introductions to either a conversation or starting to recap something…