Smart

The quote, ¨ I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky¨, has an meaning in the text that sums up the central idea. Alexieś didn't have the easiest life. His family was broke and he was Indian. Many Indians weren't known being smart. They were all known as those students who sat in the back of the class and acted up, but Alexie was different. Alexie was smart, he learned to read at the age three. He had knowledge unlike other kids at that age. He was inspired to read…

you wonder why they are alive? In the story “Up The Slide” by Jack London he generates a character so daring that the reader would wonder why the character is alive. And that character's name is Clay Dilham. But, he is not only daring, he is also smart and clever. In the story “Up the slide”, Clay Dilham is sent on a duplicitous adventure to find wood to sell. But it is getting cold and he has to hurry. But, there is also another problem. He needs to climb a mountain to get the wood in time.…

described above, create two goals—short-term and long-term—to address what you now need to learn and/or do to develop further. My two (2) SMART goals are: 1. My short-term SMART goal is: Build leadership qualities and stay socially engaged. I need to build networks with as many people as possible including the faculty and the P-4, P-5 students. 2. My long-term SMART goal is: Interact with people actively. I will have to improve my patience level and take stress lightly. Also, because I…

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…

I have visited my cooperating teacher’s classroom twice thus far, and both visits have been to the second half of the balanced literacy unit, where the interactive read aloud, group and student conferencing takes place. The literacy schedule is split in two with a special in between classes. Due in part to this fact, I have not yet had the opportunity to see the first part of the language arts class and to observe all the technologies which may be in place to assist students. I have planned to…

What does it mean to say that brain states and processes are identical with the mental states and processes? Mention four objections to this theory along with Smart’s reply to the same. The brain-mind identity theory (also known as physicalism) claims that the mental states and processes are identical to the processes and states of the brain. This does not, however, imply that the mind is the brain or vice versa. For instance, in saying that ‘Tom has a good mind’, we are not referring to his…

The elite are able to create the idea that by working hard to become smart or impressive will result in high compensation; but this is not always the case for those who can look smart based on appearance, or impressive due to successful manipulation of the system. The elite fabricate this idea of society being a meritocracy, but these merits aren’t always in line with hard work;…

the world is smart phone. Smartphone also can be known as mobile phone or cell phone. All people around the world are used smartphone, but the people age around 60 years and above are less use of smart phone. However, the people aged under 25 years are frequently use this rapidly growing technology. Smartphone have become a very important part of our daily lives because it is the most convenient way for people to communicate. It is very difficult to imagine our live without a smart phone as…

Career Essay My skills, interests, values, education, and smart goals help shape my future because they build me a path so I can be successful. My skills help shape my future, if I didn't have them then I would be able to get the job I wanted. One of my skills that are really going to help is asking a lot of questions. I do this because I want to learn more information about the topic we are learning about. When I'm in college, I think that’ll help me because then I will understand the topic to…

stuff: A summary of Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism” In the essay “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff explores the idea that the educational system fails to recognize street smarts as a valid form of intellect. In particular, Graff suggests that schools and educators are at fault for overlooking street smarts because of the assumption that such intellect is invalid and of no use to academic learning. Although some people believe that being knowledgeable about sports, fashion, or cars…