Bayan Khoudari Robert Colson 61320 June 3‚ 2011 In the article "Hidden Intellectuals" written by Gerald Graff‚ he suggests through a persuasive argument specifically how street smarts can very well be more intellectual than book smarts. And how that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and is continued into the everyday world is not considered intellect because of a different background. He argues that by being involved in non-academic subjects; like sports‚ fashion and music; can help
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Just Say No? We all know that making the choice to start smoking is most often an adolescent’s decision made in response to peer-pressure: teenagers wanting to appear cool‚ independent‚ sophisticated and glamorous to their friends. Anti-smoking commercials always seem to be directed at teens. I remember from my younger days‚ “Just say no” was a popular catch-phrase. Today‚ I can turn my television to any random station and‚ sooner rather than later‚ I am going to run across an anti-tobacco
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English 102 February 8‚ 2012 Response to “Say Yes” Before I started my reader-response paper‚ I read an article by Steven Lynn to help me know the right approach to a reader-response. There is two ways that I can approach this “by describing how readers should respond to the text or by giving the critics’ own personal response or by giving the critic’s own personal response.” I found this to really help me understand the concept of a reader-response paper. I decided to mostly give my own personal
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1. Drugs mess with your mind Drug use can cause you to lose your ability to remember things‚ to think clearly and to study properly. Drug use gives you the impression that you are more alert and aware‚ but under the influence of drugs you are actually less aware‚ and less alert. Drug use can also cause people to act in strange unpredictable ways. A person can undergo a complete personality change when under the influence of drugs. Since drug residues can remain in the body for many years after they
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because rejected the offers of his/her friends. Maybe if you was offered by your friend to consume drugs‚ better you think the best reason how to reject it. Some example as saying no because you have to go to school‚ or church and you can also say that I have do what I have to do (anything). In these case‚ parent should tell their children about drugs‚ mainly the bad effects of drugs. Maybe some of the parents think that they have to take care their children until 14 to 17 years old. The facts‚ the parents
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Intellectualism” composed by Gerald Graff‚ Graff argues how sports play a big part in the intellectual world because they contain components ranging from debates to evaluations‚ to intellectual systems. He states how sports made him a more intellectual being‚ and how schools should consider sports intellectual. Gerald Graff’s arguments that sports build intellectualism are ineffective because he lacks outside arguments‚ and backup to make his argument more credible. Graff states that sports build up
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Karla Miramontes A. Giardino March‚ 22‚ 2015 Say No To GMO! Have you ever payed attention to the fruit sitting in your basket at home? How about an apple that you eat half of and then set it down because you’re full? Do they rot quickly or stay looking ripe and shiny for a decent amount of time? If you’re picturing your fruits ripe and shiny at all times‚ it has probably been tampered with. Science calls this Genetic Engineering. Genetically modified organisms ‚ also known as GMOS
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BERNIE CENICEROS Title: Say NO To Racism Topic: People must learn to avoid racism and correct those who don ’t Thesis: No matter how much we think we ’ve evolved as humans‚ racism holds us back Intro: I.Attention Gaining Strategy: how many of you have witnessed or been a victim of racism? II.¼ high-schoolers are racially abused every year III. No matter how much we think we ’ve evolved as humans‚ racism holds us back IV. My main points are why racism is wrong‚ why people move here‚
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In “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff explains his view on intellectualism and how the education system only limits intellectualism to book smarts. Graff also enlightens the misunderstanding on society with “street smarts.” He explains that everyone including “street smart have potential and they are overlooked. Graff explains that we only associate the educated lifestyle with texts and subjects. He argues that the education system assumes that its possible to “wax intellectual’s about
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