Richard Graff 's Hidden Intellectualism
Undiscovered Intellectualism:
An Amendment to Hidden Intellectualism In Hidden Intellectualism, Gerald Graff seeks to expose what he believes to be a fundamental issue in today's schools and colleges. He brings attention to "street smarts", students who are intelligent about so many things in life, yet their potential is overlooked because the things they are knowledgeable about are not things we associate with educated life such as cars, sports and video games. He claims that students are more likely to enter the world of academics if they were encouraged to view their interests from an academic perspective rather than to be forced into subjects that are considered "more academic" by the rest of society. Gerald Graff's main point is that teachers should take advantage of the interests that students already have and convince them to pursue those interests with "academic eyes", rather than forcing content on them that they are uninterested in. Although I agree with the first part of Graff's statement, I think a crucial skill to acquire is the ability to find interests in something outside of subjects we initially find our interests in so that we may develop more as a whole person. Graff refers to his own adolescent experiences as, claiming that he too was a member of this supposedly anti–intellectual group. As a kid, he hated books and much rather read and studied sports magazines. He talks about his desires to fit in with the "hoods", lower class "tough" kids
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