Hidden Intellectualism Essay

In the essay “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff argues intelligence is not black and white, and there can be different ways for it to be shown. Specifically, Graff believes that in academic settings students should be able to be given the chance to study subjects that interest them. As the author puts it, “But they would be more prone to take on intellectual identities if we encouraged them to do so at first on subjects that interest them rather than ones that interest us.” Although some…

The immediate and the most defiant tone that sticks out to me in Gerald Graff article “Hidden intellectualism” is the way he uses his emotions and and practical thinking about his personal situations to covey his thoughts and and create a source of imagery on how he wants his readers to feel about the arguments he addresses. In his article Gerald graft paints vivid and clear arguments to portray his feelings about how he feels about how schools and colleges might be at fault for missing the…

people are generally known as “Street Smarts”. In the essay “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff puts his point that street smarts should not be taken lightly and should be valued equally as “Book Smarts”. The article also talks about how one can be prone to take on intellectual identities if encouraged to do so by first letting them work on…

Intellectual Bilingual-Communication In “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, he thinks streets smarts should be considered an intellectual attribute. Also, colleges and universities tend to pay close attention to all the information written in books and do not allow their students to develop those skills that can help them succeed in the future. Graff’s point is that college and school should consider students attributes and talents and not only to see all students’ interests through…

system to mean indoctrinate students into what the system believes to be “academic”. Gerald Graff’s essay “Hidden Intellectualism” argues that there is knowledge and intelligence beyond what the traditional education system is practicing. Graff contends that incorporating the interests of students into the lesson will help students think more effectively and logically. “Intellectualism” is seen by how well a student does in traditional subjects. Graff however argues that “Real intellectuals…

reflect the student’s interest? The education system is insufficient in finding ways to show how education is valuable to a person’s personal ambitions. Their criteria should be tailor to match the needs of their adherents. In an essay titled “Hidden Intellectualism”, Gerald Graff gives a compelling argument on how schools should capitalize off student’s street smarts to engage them intellectually. Graff states, “It is self defeating to decline to introduce any text or subject that figures to…

Claudia Ng Professor Ann West English 93 August 31, 2015 My Hobby in his article "Hidden Intellectualism", Gerald Graff discusses how some students are impressively street smart but do poorly in academic settings. However, instead of downplaying their non-academic knowledge, Graff suggests that schools should actually encourage students to change their nonacademic interests into objects of academic study, inviting students to write about their interests in a reflective, analytical way.…

What if people were defined by their intellectual ability and not by their educational creditionals or if people where taught how to be intellectual along with obtaining a formal education? Well in the articles, “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff and “Blue Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose both illustrates the term being intellectual is beyond the norm of school textbook knowledge. They believes that there are many forms of intelligence in which it can be capitalize and utilize as a life…

People say that book smarts are all you need to get by in life, but what if your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere? People with just book smarts would just break down, some might even call for help, but what if help never arrives? People with some street smarts would be able to fix their problem and not even need to panic in a situation where their car breaks down because they know what to do. If someone has never been in a situation that required something not taught in school, would…

This strategy was extremely useful for my response to “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff. Reading the article and capturing its main idea helped me respond to Graff’s claims. Like I did in the summary paper, I reviewed the whole piece swiftly, yet carefully, by examining each paragraph to comprehend Graff’s arguments more clearly. Also, searching for interesting quotes allowed me to explain what I agree and disagree with. For example, I agreed with Graff’s claim that schools and colleges…