The piece "Hidden Intellectualism" by Gerald Graff makes a point about society's perception of intellect. Students should be aware of this because society often gives them the impression that "street smarts" and academe cannot coexist. However, Graff explains, through his childhood and adult experiences, that the two can and should coexist in a balance to create a well-rounded, educated individual. From this piece we should consider changing our perspective on intellect. This is important because
In Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff, he starts with the contention of "road smarts" versus "school-smarts". Graff clarifies that school-smarts can be covered up inside of road smarts and can be learnt through conversing with companions, as well as from the media and our surroundings, thus the "shrouded" intellectualism. He goes onto clarify that "schools and universities disregard the scholarly capability of road smarts" (198) in light of the fact that these sorts of intellectualism are really
intellectual approach to education, can be used to further one’s academic knowledge. Gerald Graff supports this when he discusses the flawed line between “academic” subjects and “non academic” subjects. In his essay, “Hidden Intellectualism”, he remarks, “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” (Graff 380). In other words, we are wrong to affiliate so strongly that which is studious
In this essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff argues that people who is street smart play an important role just like someone who is book smart (Intellectual). He feels schools do not appreciate street smarts. Someone who is street smart may not do well in school but can apply things they know about the real world to their school work. If teachers will give a street smart person an article or book to read that’s not in their interest it will be hard for them to probably analyze it because