Gerald Graff Essay

I related to Gerald Graff when he said, “my preference for sports over schoolwork was not anit-intellectualism so much as intellectualism by other means”(61). I had always considered to my obsession with the game as a pleasure rather than intellectual work, but after reading…

Watching TV : Worthy or not Worthy? In the article” Watching TV Makes You Smarter,” the author Steven Johnson argues over the past decade that TV programs have changed its scheme from single complex narrative plots of “masses want dumb things” (Johnson, 278). to multi threat or “cognitive demanding” (Johnson,278). which basically means passing from boring and difficult programs to challenging issues which the audience would find it interest and importantly to use their brain to solve them.…

Throughout the world, there are vast amounts of skilled workers who desire to pursue their ultimate dreams. In order to earn the job they have wanted all their life, many try to come to America. This is problematic due to the fact that Americans believe that immigrants will steal the jobs from the nation’s people. Shayan Zadeh fights this opinion as he explains a personal story of how he accomplished his dream. In his opinion piece, “Bring on More Immigrant Entrepreneurs”, he responds to the…

Better in a Dream The idea of finishing high school, going to college, getting married, and having children is along the lines of a perfect life. Many people may recognize this undertaking as the “American Dream”. In Barbara Ehrenreich’s work “The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream” she opens up with the fact that many white collar Americans seem to be afflicted by poverty and in difficulty of, finding a job just as much as blue-collar Americans (260). It does not surprise me when she goes…

SevagInjean Dr. Christina Nagao English 1A 5 October, 2016 Watch What You Eat In “What You Eat is Your Business,” Radley Balko argues that the individual is responsible for America’s obesity epidemic not the government. Balko explains that the government has attempted to help solve the battle on obesity, but their efforts have not been successful.With individual Americans’ becoming a matter of “public health” instead of simply a matter of individual responsibility, Balko argues that America’s…

As soon as one graduates from high-school and moves on to attend a College or University, students will eventually get the taste of a college level course. When moving onto college, students must be enrolled in an English class. Whether it is remedial or a college level, they must take it. Some people might be startled by how different college English can be, because the way one has to write is very different compared to what they have done previously in their high-school English class. This…

In his essay Smarter than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better, Clive Thompson explores the topic of technology and how it affects how we think and how we interact with each other. Throughout the essay, he uses many examples and comparisons that support his main point, which is that technology is in fact making us smarter by extending our memory and augmenting our abilities. The topic of whether technology is improving our lives is a highly debated one, and Thompson in…

Gender Roles Effecting Americas Youth From the moment of birth one’s sex is how people identity who the baby is as a person. ““Women are not born, they are made” same is true for men” (Eckert, 735) throughout our lives our thoughts and actions are the outcomes of creating ourselves into what society believes how our sex should be acting. Both males and female are treated differently by parents and other adults of society, doing their gender work for the child. Buying clothing, and toys to…

Help Equality in the workplace is a topic that is on many people’s minds, and it has even become part of the bestseller list recently. “What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?” is the question author Sheryl Sandberg ask us in her article. This is her first chapter from her book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. In her first chapter of her book, she laid down a lot of ground work about her issue about the stereotypical ideal of boys and girls. This includes how girls are chastised…

approach a college student will not lean on what they have learned in college, they will begin to develop a sense of "street smarts". An article in the textbook “They say, I Say” there is an article entitled "Hidden Intellectualism”, written by Gerald Graff. The article begins talking about “street smarts” and how most people who are “street smart” do poorly in school. However, this is not always true. Tough times lead to development of street smarts. Here is a college graduate holding a…