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Most people, when asked, say that a person is intelligent if they have “book smarts.” People that are book smart can write and converse about subjects taught in school. On the other hand, people with “street smarts” aren’t seen as intellectuals because the subjects they are knowledgeable about are not traditional. In his essay called “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff insists that schools and colleges are missing an opportunity to translate street smarts into academic work.

In conclusion, I agree with Mike Roses' Essay “Blue Collar Brilliance” because in my own personal life experiences I have seen first hand that you do not have to be well educated to be intelligent. My spouse works as a garbage man and at first glance you would never know how intelligent he is just by his profession, but he is very skilled from everything to troubleshooting mechanical equipment to carrying on philosophical conversations and religious

Academic work should not define intelligence nor should a job define ability; a person, regardless of grades, degrees, or job title, is an intellect. Together, Gerald Graff, a coauthor of They Say I say, professor, and former anti-intellect, author of "Hidden Intellectualism," and Mike Rose, professor, author, and in depth thinker, author of "Blue-Collar Brilliance," share two different perspectives on what an intellect truly is. Yet, both writings hold meaningful points and experiences to prove who qualifies to be an intellect. Society continuously focuses on what leads to a successful and rounded life: go to school, graduate, go back to school, get a degree, and then a job. It is believed that these high expectations of higher academics enables one to be more successful is correct; however, it is not. It is a person’s individual goals that give them the success they wish to have whether that be education, volunteering, or donating. Also, street smarts is not to be overlooked; a person with common sense can know more than a Doctor. Typically, a person can have either common sense or intelligence, not both. Street smarts is, without a doubt, a superior quality to possess as it encompasses more in life than just a degree does. For example, it is more appropriate to know how to cross a street properly in life than know how to perform a craniotomy. Furthermore, one does not gain knowledge and life lessons through school alone, but through experience,

Many times a student will be generalized into a category of book smart or street smart. A teacher or person of higher authority can overlook a pupil’s potential intellect due to their grades not being the most attractive in a main course subject. Gerald Graff expands to his audience on different areas of the world such as sports intriguing him and bringing out his “book smart” side. In Gerald Graff’s Hidden Intellectualism, Graff argues that all too often students are not given enough variety of topics to demonstrate their potentially brilliant mind. Due to teachers solely focusing on the print of the textbook it has become the norm to brush off students who may not excel in those areas, therefore, not try to explore where their actual skillful side can arise.

His idea that successful intelligence comes from analytical, practical, and creative thinking resonates with me. Furthermore, his definition of successful intelligence as “the ability to achieve success in one’s life, given your personal standards, and within your socio-cultural context” ( Troxclair, 2015, Slide 11) gives a deeper understanding of intelligence as compared to academic perceptions. A truly intelligent student must achieve success within their life, not just in my classroom, and not just on certain objectives prescribed by the state. Intelligence must be put to good use for the future. This is something that I try to make my students

In the essay, Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff there was a lot of comparing between “street smarts” and “book smarts”. He talks about how people are different intellectually. More students may be interested in class or writing a paper is it is on a topic that they’re interested in. (244-251)

Most people subscribe to the belief that Paul Tough refers to the cognitive hypothesis that suggests that success depends primarily on cognitive skills. They argue that intelligence is measured based on IQ tests which include the ability to recognize letters, words, detect patterns, and calculate. They say that the simplest way to acquire and develop skills is through practicing them continuously. Children should also begin practicing as early as possible to nurture skills. However, in the book titled “How Children Succeed,” Tough introduces the character hypothesis which explains that non–cognitive skills such as self-control, curiosity, self-confidence, conscientiousness, and grit are crucial to achieving success than sheer brainpower or cognitive skills (Tough 49). To justify his argument, he uses research findings from psychologists and neuroscientists. They say that character is developed by encountering with failure and overcoming it. The hidden power of character explains why some children perform well while others fail. However, I say that linking grit and character is pervasive and unfair to kids from poor backgrounds; particularly when the author states that academic proficiency is not a determinant of future success. The big point on Tough’s main arguments is that children succeed with character and not test scores.

In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism”, Gerald Graff argues that street smarts are much more important as school smart. Graff explains how many people are street smart, but do not perform well in school. The street smarts are the ones who are focused on sports or entertainment and the school smarts are the ones who love books and are into their academic lives. He believes students who are in school need to read literature to become more intellectual. Graff believes schools should encourage the street smarts and make them have more focus on their academic work.

To be book smart or street smart, or is it possible to be both? In the reading, “ Hidden Intellectualism,” by Gerald Graff, a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, he touches on the subject of being “street smart” but not doing too hot in school. He argues that if students could be as interested in school, and as book smart as they were street smart, then they would have the opportunity to thrive and excel in school all while enjoying it, he even goes on to use himself as an example of taking an anti-intellectual and becoming a great intellectual.

I believe that the main argument developed in Chapters three and four of Outliers is that life success is not directly related to your own IQ level. Gladwell states, “The relationship between success and IQ works only up to a point” (Gladwell, 2008). “Once someone has reached an IQ of somewhere around 120, having additional IQ points doesn't seem to translate into any measurable real-world advantage” (Gladwell, 2008). This is where talent comes into play.

Gerald Graff insists “Street smarts beat out book smarts in our culture not because street smarts are non intellectual, as we generally suppose, but because they satisfy and intellectual thirst more thoroughly than school culture” (248). I believe that school generalizes the students to a point where academic work can be very unsatisfying. By putting them in a box, there are less chances to expand thoughts, and creating new ways of understanding. Graffs opinions on this subject are correct because many people who are successful, and contributing member of society are not formally educated. Even if they had more interest in sports rather than books, they still succeeded later in

Passion and determination towards long term goals (otherwise known as ‘grit’) are parts of cognitive development. (Kantrowitz 2016). Grit is seen to be necessary for academic expertise in all fields ranging from sciences to the arts. (Ericsson, Prietula and Cokely 2007). Natural born Intelligence Quotient, also known as ‘IQ’, is described as a person’s ability to complete problems and understand concepts. This is compared across the population to give an average IQ score (Latham 2006). However, can this number accurately measure whether a human will become an expert in a field sooner than a grittier person? The focus of this essay is to evaluate whether grit or IQ has the most positive effect on cognitive development.

Success follows a predictable course, to become successful one does not need to have a high IQ, they just need an opportunity, and the ability to seize it. Marita was given an opportunity and she took it, and has been working hard to seize the opportunity as “She will get up at five-forty-five in the morning, go in on Saturdays, and do homework until eleven at night” (Gladwell, pg.267). To be successful one must have the determination to seize the opportunity that they have been given. The quote also applies to me as I failed the honors testing in sixth grade, however, AVID gave me an opportunity to join the honors classes at Bogle, and I took the opportunity and worked hard to skip a year of math and make it to AP classes in my sophomore

Everyone has an opinion concerning what type of education is most useful. We all know that a college education is important in the competitive world we live in today. For instance, if you want a career in engineering, medicine, chemistry or law, a bachelor's degree or higher is mandatory. We often see people who have made it really big, and yet have little or no formal education. My opinion is, in order to get and keep a good paying job, you need both “street smarts” and “book smarts.” The combination of practical knowledge and explicit knowledge is the key to a successful career. Both types of knowledge have distinct advantages.

And we wonder why we’re not living in another renaissance?” This quote relates to a larger theme of genius due to the fact, genius is unexpected and can not be planned. Some of the most life changing inventions were made by mistake. Sir Alexander Fleming invented penicillin by accident and almost threw it away. Percy Spencer was trying to make a new vacuum tube but made a microwave instead. If Fleming and Spencer had not failed the medical and food industry would be very different as well as having fewer breakthroughs. With this in mind, not all genius are extremely smart or follow traditional standards. For instance, Leonardo Da Vinci was dyslexic and illegitimate to society “If Had he been born "legitimately," Leonardo would likely have followed in his father's footsteps and become a notary or a lawyer. But those professions' guilds refused entry to illegitimate children. Leonardo couldn't become a doctor or a pharmacist, nor could he attend university. By age thirteen, most doors were already closed to him.”(Weiner 111). Likewise, in 1921 Lewis Terman launched a study to track one thousand children with high IQs but even though those children were smart they “produced little in the way of genius” (Weiner 292) and “Terman’s experiment failed to detect two future Nobel prize winners, Luis Alvarez and William Shockley.”(Weiner