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Directions:  Compose an academic sentence that explains WHY Graff is making the  claim that he makes in the article....                                                                                                                     Use the below academic sentence starter....

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Directions:  Compose an academic sentence that explains WHY Graff is making the  claim that he makes in the article....                                                                                                                     Use the below academic sentence starter....

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Graff is claiming....(restate his claim)...in order for/so that...(explain WHY?)....

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Graff is claiming that universities have a bad habit of excepting students who are book smart rather that street smart so that universities reflect that street smart people also have potential and can be intellectuals.

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Graff is claiming that colleges tend to overlook street smarts and topics that interest students, as they rather focus on book smarts and academics in order for students to recognize that street smarts can play an important role in academics, and become useful in the future.

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Graff is claiming that colleges are focusing more on book smart students than street smart students in Order to go to college street smart students need to use their knowledge in academic wise and colleges need to give street smart students a chance.

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Graff is claiming that educational institutions are a fault for failing to nurture students "anti-intellectual" interests. so that students will be more inclined to reach their intellectual potential.

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Graff is claiming that schools and colleges are overlooking street smart in the academic world so that students could use their street smart in an academic way.

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Graff is claiming that you can be a mix of steetsmart and booksmart and that colleges often overlook both qualities, in order to influence them to make a change.

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Graff is claiming that collages overlooking the student street smart, so that may be the collages change the way they recognize that the all student intelligence are same even they book smart.

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Graff is claiming that schools and colleges fail to see the potential of street smart. In order for that colleges should give the street smart students a chance to prove them that they can be booo smart.

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Graff Is claiming that book smart and street smart should both be treated the same, colleges should also look into street smart people because they are also as smart as book smart people. In order for us to be treated equally and not be seen as different.

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Graff is claiming how colleges are overlooking the importance of being street smart and book smart in order to showcase that being book smart should not be the only things colleges should take into consideration when accepting students

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Graff is claiming that colleges and schools are overlooking students that are street-smarts and they are intellectuals in order to show that street-smarts are ones who have situational awareness and book-smarts focus more on the precision of their knowledge and they apply it to the real world.

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Graff is claiming that in many cases, these "book smart" can take various forms and hide in what people call street smarts, hence the hidden intellectualism. he point out this claim in order to improve the idea of schools.

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Graff is claiming that schools tend to overlook the usefulness of street smarts because they associate them with non academic activities in order to make them seem less important than academic intellect. He makes this claim so that schools can see the importance of street smart along with book smart.

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Graff is claiming that some schools and colleges tend to misunderstand the differences between being book smart and street smart in order to let his audience know that everyone has their own kind of smart

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Graff is claiming that schools are teaching us that being smart is equivalent to knowing everything we learn in class instead of knowing something well because we are passionate about that thing in order to show that so many people think that they aren't smart because they are not passionate about things we learn in school but are passionate about other things like cars and sports.

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Graff is claiming on intellectualism was based on his belief that people who develop another interests beside schools topics are also able to write & think critically,

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Graff is claiming that Universities shouldn't overlook streetsmarts but rather include them in their programs and take advantage of their knowledge in order to not only create equality between booksmarts and streetsmarts but also give life/job opportunities to streetsmarts.

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Graff is claiming that colleges will only see book smart as the source for academic. In order to show college that street smarts can be more helpful than book smarts and prove that they can be smart too.

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Graff is calming “some young person who is street smart but does poorly in school what a waste we may think” in order to show how others think being street smart is a bad thing and they are seen as dumb and people think they are a waste of time but he explains later in his claim how no matter if you’re  street smart or book smart They  should not be judged.

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Graff is claiming street smarts are over looked by book smarts and colleges even though they are as good if not better than book smart in order so that kids raised with knowledge from the streets don't feel hopeless when wanting to apply or attend college.

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Graff is claiming  that schools and colleges should show more subjects so that students will be more comfortable in what they want to learn. Colleges should take into consideration when accepting students

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Graff is claiming that schools should introduce more diverse subjects so that students will be more interested in what they're learning about.

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Graff is claiming that schools and collages are failing street smart students and in order for street smart students to work at their best schools need to change their teaching methods.

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Graff is claiming that universities check if they are book smart rather than also checking if the are street smart because street smart people are also in the high potential.

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Graff claims that schools should be more open to giving street smart people more opportunities onto letting them into a University or collage. in order for it to happen schools need to open courses to street smart student so that they can succeed in life and get a better career for them to live off.

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Graff is claiming that school should provide more various options so that students have the decision to pick what there interested in and not be limited.

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Graff is claiming that the higher education system overlooks the people who may say they are street smart and always try to compare street and book smart and he says this so that people undertand, colleges and universities may try to dumb-down  people who are street smart but the schools should just as equally think of them as everyone else.

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Graff is claiming that street smart kids are not as valued as book smart kids in school in order to bring awareness to this situation. He does this in order for schools to value what street smart kids can bring to the table.

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Graff is claiming that universities check if they are book smart rather than also checking if the are street smart because street smart people are also in the high potential.

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Graff is claiming how street smart are underestimated and how they actually have some resemblance with book smart in order to explain how schools should start seeing outside of books.