Are you street smart or are you book smart? That question raises many eyebrows to many young kids. Perception is everything and even though you don't want to be known as a nerd to your peers, its probably in your best interest for you to have that intelligence when it comes to school. Kids labeled as street smart suffer with school performance because their not interested. Gerald Graff explained his experiences in his essay, "Hidden Intellectualism," as he argues that colleges overlook students labeled as street smart. He states how he was more interested in sports or what he was going to do when he got out of school rather than the teachers lesson plan. He implies that if the teacher could mix in some of the students interest along with the lesson then more kids would look at school differently and apply themselves. I understand where he is coming from but I also feel like students should apply themselves because all teachers are not going to cater to the idea of intertwining what students like with what they have as far as their lesson plan. Of course It would pay to have book smarts as well as street smarts but unfortunately, those people are rare in this day in age. Hopefully you read my essay up top entitled, The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly About Street Smarts, so that you can understand my point of view about Gerald Graff"s essay, "Hidden Intellectualism."