Hidden Intellectualism - Thought Path

Gerald Graff(apostrophe)s main argument is that students do not recognize their personal talents as intelligence because academia does not acknowledge them to be so (period)(space space)Therefore(comma) schools should realize(comma) and help students realize(comma) the connection between students(apostrophe) personal interests and academics(period)(space space)Graff suggests a couple of step on how to help students make the connection(period)(space space)First(comma) give the students a topic to write about that interest them like sports(comma) cars(comma) videogames(comma) etc(period)(space space)Second(comma) help the student to analyze the topic and see the relations between the topic and modern culture(comma) helping them to relate that to their writing(period)


Gerald Graff’s main argument is that students do not recognize their personal talents as intelligence because academia does not acknowledge them to be so. Therefore, schools should realize, and help students realize, the connection between students’ personal interests and academics. Graff suggests a couple of step on how to help students make the connection. First, give the students a topic to write about that interest them like sports, cars, videogames, etc. Second, help the student to analyze the topic and see the relations between the topic and modern culture, helping them to relate that to their writing.

Exercise 2, 38 agree with curcumstance.

In his article "Don't Blame the Eater", David Zinczenko tells about childeren suing McDonald's for making them fat. He agrees that it is the fast food chains' fault for the childeren's obesity, in that the chains make the unhealthy food and they don't place nutritional information in eyesight. Also, fast food chains spend large amounts of time and money in advertisement campaigns, time and money that could be used in better ways. Zinczenko disagrees, howerever, that tehere should be lawsuits against the companies. Even though the companies are selling health hazardous food with no warning labels, he belives it is not only the fault of the companies, but of the consumer as well. Even with his beliefs, he would not be surprised to see lawsuits in the future and warns his readers that they could be next.

Exercise 2 pg 38 disagree

In his article "Don't Blame the Eater", David Zinczenko argues that childeren are overweight because fast food was the only choice for a meal. He tells about the limited eating options for a child whose parents had no time to cook. Because of the lack of inexpensive and convenient food sources, he was forced to eat fast foos. He insists that the lack of alternatives was made worse by the lack of nutrition. Zinczenko states that a seemingly healthy salad, said to have 150 cal., has an additional 190 cal. from the almonds and noodles, not to mention the 280 cal. salad dressing you add later. Zinczenko belives that the lack of quick and healthy eating options are the reasons why people are overweight.

I disagree with Zinczenko in that there are, in fact, a number of convenient, inexpensive, and nutritional resautrants in the market today: Subway, Potbellies, Panera, and Boston Market being a few of them.

Exersice 2, pg. 38

In this exersise in "They Say, I Say" we, the students, had to sumemrize an article in two different ways. One way was to disagree and the other to agree with a circumstance.

I found this exersise very intersting. I learned that I could tell two very different stories with the same information. And in that, spin the information to strenghten my own argument. Once again, I found the exersice to be very beneficial.

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Possibly the best example of a website that may or may not show what people are saying is http://news.aol.com/ . This website posts several current events and reports on them, People then are free to comment on the articles. I have found the comments to have very mixed views. Some of them start with what the article is talking about and trying to address it while stateing thier opinion on the topic. While others satisfy themselves by picking fights with eachother and ignoring the fact there are issues out there. In one article about the missing Nicaraguans after Hurricane Felix. The comments range from people saying there should be more help out there and we are sitting in our plush sofas while there are people in need floating somewhere in the ocean, to "IF PEOPLE GO FISHING, DO FISH GO PEOPLING?". So I have mixed ideas about this website. It both shows people addressing and failing to address the topic.