Graff introduces us with “ street” or “book” smart is important to whom? He breaks down how you can evaluate book and street smarts. In the ending he choose street smart because it's linked to so many different debates, arguments and etc. the topic of his interest was sports; he mentioned sports a multitude of times throughout the article. Sports do have a Hudge impact on people playing and watching, it's very diverse. Rose introduced us Rosie and Joe. He claims that blue collared jobs need to have more intelligence than meets the eye. He observed his mother over the years, and he describes how she pours her heart into her job. He did mention how she dropped out of school to help raise her siblings. Rose did state how his uncle, too dropped out of ninth grade but still managed to work at the General Motors factory. …show more content…
He shares his story of him growing up a little scared. He didn't want to seem to smart but he did want to prove that he is smart. As for Rose,he seemed very concerned. Watching his mom and uncle over the past years gave him two different types of perspective on things. Graff and Rose are similar because they both care for students academic learning. What makes them different is how they view the promblem students are facing in today's