definition of a marriage? Author E.J. Graff explains what marriage is in her book “What is Marriage For?” Graff starts off by discussing how the majority of states are finally starting to come across the idea of gay marriage and giving marriage rights to same-sex couples. She mentions that over twenty states and countries have passed the same- sex marriage law and that it has opened up so many opportunities for same- sex couples to finally get a marriage license. Graff says that “marriage has always been
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1993. Graff wrote this article to make teachers aware of the difficult experience of growing up from a non-bookish person‚ even afraid of serious literary to an intellectual person. The article encourages teachers help students read critics. Students can benefit from critics become literary people and enjoy reading literature. Gerald Graff came from a Jewish middle-class family. His father was an intellectual person. Mr. Graff was disappointed because his son didn’t read literature. Graff knows what
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He then infers that it is conceivable to channel exceptional hobbies from every person with "street smart" (Graff 244) into their academics by consolidating more subjects that would intrigue these people. I concur with Graff’s
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smart someone is. Book smart relates to how much information about math‚ science‚ and english a person knows. In Hidden Intellectualism‚ Graff brings up the idea that intelligence isn’t all about a scholarly form of thinking. “Everyone knows some young person who is impressively “street smart” but does poorly in school” is the first line of Graff’s essay (Graff 787). Nowadays‚ it is popular for a person to have the experience and knowledge for an everyday environment but lack knowledge in educational
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Kids Today?” and “Hidden Intellectualism” approach the topic in a different sense. Goldwasser expresses her thoughts through technology and Graff expresses his mainly through sports‚ yet both authors discuss the latter debate; the advantages of modern technology and the new curriculums in schools that should be a result of them. Even though Goldwasser and Graff appear to be arguing two different subjects‚ they are actually in agreement that schools need to catch the students’ attentions by initially
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2013. Frank‚ Robert. “Income inequality: Too Big to Ignore”. Graff‚ Gerald‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. "They Say‚ I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing : With Readings. New York: Norton‚ 2012. 432-447 Print. Murray‚ Harry. "Deniable Degradation: The Finger-Imaging Of Welfare Recipients." Sociological Forum 15.1 (2000): 39. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 May 2013. Olsson‚ Karen. “Up Against WAl-Mart.” Graff‚ Gerald‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. "They Say‚ I Say":
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Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein introduce the readers with the use of writing templates. As a way of hooking their audience and making the material relatable to all readers‚ they give a comparison. They instructed the reader to think about a complex task such as basketball‚ cooking‚ or driving a car. The reason behind this movement was to prove that writing is no different and is simply a matter of practicing routine movements of wordings. Thus‚ they introduce the reader with templates. Graff and
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In his article "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff criticizes those that do not put value into "street smarts." Graff says that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and continues into our everyday living. He states‚ "The need to prove I was smart and the fear of a beating if I proved it too well." Meaning that if the subjects he enjoyed the most became his main interest he would soon have to face ridicule for wanting to be himself (Graff). Graff’s theory of street smarts is extremely
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Andrew “Ender” Wiggin‚ a third born child in a prejudiced‚ futuristic world‚ as he is recruited to train at battle school to fight the “buggers”‚ an alien species that previously tried to wipe out the human race. Little does he know that Colonel Graff‚ the commander of battle school‚ is the puppet master of a scheme to brutally train Ender to lead the human armies to wipe out the buggers; which he unknowingly does. To avoid political repercussions and the greedy hands of his older brother‚ Peter
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teacher who believes in them to have success. Colonel Graff is one of those teacher who develops ender and is necessary for Enders success. Valentine is Enders older sister and is one of
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