Hidden Intellectualism Growing up where I was raised street smart was having the experience and knowledge necessary to deal with the potential difficulties or dangers of life in an urban environment. Like you know people actions and how to read body language and get the sense something isn’t right here. It even can be starting your own busy be and entrepreneur. If you were book smart you’ll 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
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I have a friend who is great at working on cars. He was never taught or trained but he can name every part and its function‚ tell you what’s wrong and how to fix it‚ and spit endless facts about car brands that don’t even sound like English to me. However‚ he never did very well in school. Everyone‚ his teachers included‚ said that he lacked “book smarts‚” and encouraged him to attend technical school for a mechanics certification rather than a university for a degree. This is very common and probably
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"DO AS I SAY‚ NOT AS I DO?IS A COMMON ABUSE OF AUTHORITY There are so many wrong ways to approach something‚ and fewer right choices. Therefore‚ people depend on those around them and different resources for good advice and influences. Children‚ especially‚ look up to their parents and other adults in admiration and try to mimic their actions. It is not always easy‚ however‚ even for the heroic adults to set the right examples. "Do as I say‚ not as I do?is one of the most commonly used clich
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Andrea Longoria Essay 1: "Ask me no questions‚ and I’ll tell you no lies" (Oliver Goldsmith). Lying comes in all shapes and sizes‚ some are small lies‚ some are big lies‚ some are white lies‚ some are right lies‚ but no matter how a lie is classified‚ a lie is always a lie. Mark Twain‚ the author of On the Decay of the Art of Lying‚ focuses on the positive aspects of lying. On the other hand‚ the author of The Ways We Lie‚ by Stephanie Ericsson‚ gives several examples of lies and their negative
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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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Gonzalez 1 Smith Eng. - 50 September 28‚ 2013 Pop Culture in Academics In Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Graff argues that schools should encourage students to think critically‚ read‚ and write about areas of personal interest such as cars‚ fashion‚ or music but as long as they do so in an intellectually way. I happen to agree with Graff and his perspective for many different reasons. I personally believe that students should be giving the opportunity to engage intellectually
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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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Report What makes Simon Says so difficult for young children? Peter J. Marshall ⇑‚ Ashley R. Drew Department of Psychology‚ Temple University‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19122‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 23 August 2013 Revised 30 March 2014 Available online 5 June 2014 Keywords: Executive functioning Inhibition Social Young children Cognitive control Inconsistency a b s t r a c t Compared with conceptually similar response inhibition tasks‚ the game of Simon Says is particularly challenging
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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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