PA7 #10

Jake Perrone
Ger Xiong

1. In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff tries to show that schools need to concentrate on more than just book smarts, and start to tap into students that are very street smart.
2. One of his first points is that schools tend to look at street smarts as a non-intellectual matter. This may cause the students to not do as well because they are not working on topics that interest them. His second point is that book smart people tend to form cliques with similar people, while street smart people tend to have the ability to connect with anyone they choose to.
3. Gerald Graff would agree with Steven Johnson’s article ”Watching TV Makes You Smarter,” because it talks about all these shows and how they teach you interesting things about life. This goes hand in hand with street smarts being a good thing because these things are not always going to be able to be found in books. In the show All in the Family and Rhoda they tackle complex social issues; Graff would agree and begin to argue that a person with less street smarts would be in a less likely issue to tackle that successfully, because they are too focused on their intelligence and not able to connect with people as easily. Graff would agree with Amy Goldwasser’s article “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” Graff would agree, because he tries to defend how street smarts are so important in today’s society, and her article tries to show how the internet and other new forms of entertainment are providing a source for children to learn more appealing information.