In the essay titled "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff discusses the nonacceptance of nonintellectual street smarts vs academic book smarts. I agree with Graff’s views on street smarts being a hidden intellectually from society and academics. Gerald Graff is correct in thinking that modern education strongly favors classic literary subjects over real world "street" subject matters. As I read "Hidden Intellectualism" I could not help but empathize with Graff instantly. I was transported back
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RADIOLOGY REPORT Patient Name: Gerald Edwards Hospital No.: 11058 X-Ray No.: 03-75420 Admitting Physician: Catherine Baker‚ MD Procedure: MRI of the feet. Date: 07/17/2011 HISTORY: Diabetic patient with ulcer on the bottom right foot. Images of the feet were obtained in a plane perpendicular to the long axis of the foot. Utilizing a T1-sequence an effective double-echo sequence and in a plane nearly paralleling the long axis of the foot utilizing an effective double-echo sequence
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Gerald Posner’s Killing the Dream begins with a detailed description of Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days and the detailed movements of his killer. The author arranges his book into three pivotal sections: The Assassination‚ The Assassin‚ and the Search for the Truth. He begins the book with a detailed account of the events that caused King to even be in Memphis‚ the chaos surrounding the Memphis Sanitation Strike. The Memphis Sanitation strike began on February 12‚ 1968‚ because of poor treatment
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HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER DISCHARGE SUMMARY Patient Name: Gerald Edwards Hospital No.: 11058 Date of Admission: 07/15/2010 Date of Discharge: 07/20/2010 Consultations: Gary Shelton‚ DPM and Midori Okano‚ MD Procedures: Complicated incision and drainage‚ right foot‚ on 07/17/2010. Complications: None Admitting Diagnosis: Known diabetes mellitus. Ulceration of right foot. HISTORY: The patient is a 53-year-old black individual‚ who has had diabetes for at least
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children’s ability to become lifelong learners who are able to love‚ work‚ and act as responsible members of the community” (pg 9). Although education serves a role in a person’s life‚ is the material provided to educate these students sufficient though? Gerald Graff argues in his article‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ that if school systems would incorporate more youth culture into the lessons‚
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get call a nerd and picked on in rough area of the city. I saw some of my peers try to dumb down the way they would talk when they come down to the park to play basketball because not too many people in the area had the vocabulary they had. The way Gerald Graff is putting it in a different twist to street smart. He’s putting it in a way of words where
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seem to have super powers that somehow capture our hearts and amaze us with their abilities. They are the ones we look up to‚ the ones who make an impact in our lives‚ and the ones who seem to make everything better to save the day. My grandfather‚ Gerald Simoneaux is my hero because he taught me that I could conquer anything if I set my mind to it. He not only inspired me to be myself but to be proud of who I am. Every Thanksgiving I was able to see my grandfather. Since I live in Florida
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McCoy Tyner’s regular bass player‚ Gerald Cannon‚ has been a valuable sideman since he arrived in NY at the age 28. In his career‚ he had the privilege to gig with iconic artists such as drummers Art Blakey and Elvin Jones‚ pianist Cedar Walton‚ Hammond master Jimmy Smith‚ and saxophonists Dexter Gordon‚ Eddie Harris‚ and Stanley Turrentine‚ just to name a few. His reputation has risen exponentially but a busy schedule kept preventing him from recording under his own name. He eventually did it in
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After the resignation of Richard Nixon‚ Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr became the 38th President of the United States‚ from August 1974 to January 1977. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr was an American politician who was borned in July 14‚ 1913‚ Omaha‚ NE. He was in the Republican party and his vice president was Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977). He even had a basic belief of philosophy of fiscal conservatism. Ford was happily married to Betty Ford and had four children and their names were: Susan Ford‚ Steven Ford
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The 20th century president that I picked that could have been impeached is Gerald Rudolph “Jerry” Ford‚ Jr. I picked him because he was the only president of the United States who was never elected president by the Electoral College. Ford was also the president when the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam affair ended‚ being president during one of the worst economies since the Great Depression‚ and he presidentially pardoned ex-president Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. Ford could
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