In Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff‚ he begins with the argument of “street-smarts” versus “school-smarts”. Graff explains that school-smarts can be hidden within street smarts and can be learnt through not just talking with friends‚ but also from the media and our surroundings‚ hence the “hidden” intellectualism. He goes onto explain that “schools and colleges overlook the intellectual potential of street-smarts” (198) because these types of intellectualism are actually considered anti-intellectualism
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THE PROPOSAL IN STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG SOCIETY INTRODUCTION Environment is the surrounding of an object and it is an essential for all living things in this world and we‚ humans are part of the environment. Every living has the right to enjoy and nourish the natural environment. We are inherited the environment for our young generation. As for that‚ we are responsible to take care and protect our environment in order to live in a comfort and healthy environment. Clean environment
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Drug Addiction among Youth The term ‘drug’ has now been given a new connotation. It was used originally to means ‘medicine’. But now-a-days it means not only medicine‚ but also the fatal narcotics that include cocaine‚ heroin‚ brown sugar‚ and many other specifications. All these drugs have their evil effects on the mind and body cells of the addicts. The young generation is the worst victims of evils of Drug Addiction. The abuse of drug has become an international problem. Almost every country nowadays
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Amber Draper October 21‚ 2012 EN 111 Prof. Cain Persuasive Essay while in high school classes all day‚ teachers talk about the same math‚ science‚ and numerous other subjects‚ but they always seem to either through sex education or not talk about it at all. Sex education should be taken a step further in high school today. Many teenagers are no aware nor are they educated about sex. Sex education should be a part of more high school curriculum. While in high school sex education is not really
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Iomy Estevez April 8‚ 2013 Persuasive essay Mandaory School Uniform Have you thought about how your family‚ your home‚ music and even television have influenced you on the way you behave or even dress? While I was in middle school it was mandatory for all students to wear uniform and I loved it‚ i felt welcome into the school and since every one had to wear the same thing no one was bullied and i became a straight A student sice i would only focuse in school. Then high school came along
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James Truslow Adams once stated‚ “There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” Through the‚ rudimentary years and the rigorous high school courses‚ I have learned nothing valuable in life directly from reading a textbook; I have also learned nothing specific from listening to the multitude of words that have been thrown at me by the many teachers who have followed the classic path of education. My real lessons have not been taught by learning
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] Speech 101:Annotated Bibliography Annotated Bibliography for Persuasive Speech Tahiri‚ Y‚ Lee J‚ Kanevsky‚ J‚ et al. “The differing perceptions of plastic surgery between potential applicants and current trainees: the importance of clinical exposure and electives for medical students.” Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 21(3) (2013). 178-180. Academic Search Premier. Web. 07 Oct. 2013. This online scholarly journal describes the perceptions of plastic surgery of medical
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Persuasive Essay “Shame” by Dick Gregory is a story about a young boy (Richard) who got humiliated as a kid trying to impress a girl at his school. He wanted to be like other kids at his school‚ but he couldn’t because he was poor. “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes is a story about a little boy (Roger) who thought he had to steal his way through life until he met a large lady (Luella Bates) he tried to steal from changed his life. While the two characters are different in that they have
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Persuasive Speech Introduction a. Attention Getter : When people ask me why I joined the military I think of all the reason that I did it for‚ but I think Toby Keith sums it up the best : “ ’cause freedom don’t come free.” b. Topic : Freedoms come with a great cost but yet we still do not care for our veterans well enough c. Preview: Today I will tell you how veterans suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and cant get help‚ how veterans are homeless and why they are
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John Doe COMM 120 January 1‚ 2013 A Persuasive Speech Outline (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence) I. II. Introduction – Getting Attention: Has anyone here been to a national forest? Well if you have then you’ve must seen a variety of the different wildlife and plants that live there. A. Problem Thesis Statement: I believe there is a problem with deforestation. B. Overview: Today I will discuss how many trees forests lose a year‚ the causes and effects of deforestation‚ and how it affects
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