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Who is the author of "Hidden Intellectualism?"
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Gerald Graff
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What book was this excerpt published in?
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They Say, I Say
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Who is the author of "Hidden Intellectualism?"
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What book was this excerpt published in?
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Schools and colleges overlook the _____ potential of street smarts.
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Schools and colleges associate the _______ life with subjects and texts that seem more weighty and academic.
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But, there is no _____ between educational depth and specific texts or subjects, meaning real intellectuals can find any subject engaging or interesting.
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We want students to obtain intellectual ______.
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Graff offers his own life as an example. He claims that he only cared to read about _____.
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He believes however, that his love of sports made him _____ _____.
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He grew up in _____ where he didn't want to appear too smart.
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He was desperate to be approved by the ______ .
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He felt that to be legitimate in his neighborhood, he needed to be ____.
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He says that the 1950's, like him, were also _____ _____ being smart and tough.
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Ambivalent means _____.
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Who did Marilyn Monroe marry after divorcing baseball star, Joe DiMaggio?
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This is significant in the 1950's because Arthur Miller was a playwright and ____ ____, which means the tides were turning for the school-smart crowd.
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Graff claims he was really and intellectual because he ____ sports all the time with his friends.
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He says he learned the _____ of the intellectual life by debating who was the toughest.
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Rudiments means _____.
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The sports world was more interesting than school because of the ______ that is apparent in sports.
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The sports world satisfies people's thirst to be a part of a _____.
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Schoolwork seemed to _____ people, whereas talking about sports made you a part of a national and public community.
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But! The real intellectual world is _____ ____ the world of sports - with competing texts and rival ideas.
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The real key for schools is not to just get kids to study what they like - because they can do that just as superficially as they study school subjects. The key is to get kids to see non-academic subjects through ______ ______.
