"Hidden Intellectualism" Summary

   In the essay "Hidden Intellectualism" by Gerald Graff, he argued that people commonly associate "book smarts" with intellectualism and the personal interests such as cars, sports or fashion with anti-intellectualism. He also believes if the schools and colleges determine a good student by looking at their grades, then they will miss a chance to get those intelligent "street smart" students into their schools and to let them be involved into academic work.Gerald Graff supported his own arguments by telling us his own story of transformation, the transformation from a boy that only cared about sports to the one that is intellectual.