My opinion is, in order to get and keep a good paying job, you need both street smarts and book smarts. Book smarts in academia 28 words 6 pages our society has always had an obsession with labels whether in the form of fashion, our description of personal relationships, or the way we see ourselves as individuals. It solely is a theoretical understanding of facts or ideas. Youre not going to find a tome that helps you to be smarter on the street. Street smarts is a worthwhile business book, and i do recommend this book to anyone interested in entrepreneurial material, however the author played a bit of a deception in the reader. All the knowledge you may have absorbed from reading books dont come. The first player to buzzin chooses to either answer the question or pass it to hisher.
Im back with another installment of street smarts, those skills that go beyond what is taught in school the lessons we learn by experience and practice never underestimate the value and. Malcolm x obviously had the street smarts, but like graff he mixed his new book smarts with his street smarts to be successful in life. Theres just too many different kinds of smarts for people to know all the smarts. And when common, everyday survival in prison required getting over, i could do that too. Book smarts and street smarts, both have their advantages in the corporate world and it depends upon what the employer is looking for to determine who gets the upper hand. Street smarts vs book smarts, the epic debate continued. It is written in the latenight history books that jay leno made the. James douglas muir leno is an american comedian, actor, writer, producer, and former. The 2010 tonight show conflict was a media and public relations conflict involving american television network nbc and two of its thenlatenight talk show hosts, conan obrien and jay leno. Theres book smart, there is street smart, theres relationship smart, theres too many different kinds of smarts to know all of them. In the end the book smart harvard debate team was defeated by the street smart prisoners.
On this program we talk about words and expressions that we use in. Book smart or street smart who would be your choice. Street smarts definition in the cambridge english dictionary. Book smart vs street smart essay research paper example. For the jay lenos garage host, theres no time for trips, no room for. Know a good few people who are just street smart who do quite well for themselves. I dont know if his life was this funny, or if he left out most of the bad stuff, but if you have any sense of humor at all, get this book. Street smarts vs book smarts, the epic debate continued growing up, ive never really been book smart.
And quite a few of the selfmade superrich are street smart. If youre the kind of person who is brilliant on paper but clueless in real life, you can relate. Street smarts richard sargent, annie nguyen, colin anderson, denon wong, rachel heng, and nick hanna, oh, and tim vu book smarts intelligence associated with academic success. Some americans are ignorant and proud e62 when was the. Sure, your friends always tell you how clever you are. Besides since i have book smarts i can just memorize what street smart characters do in books and imitate them in the proper situation. Discussion in space battles main started by evilmunchkin. Book smart is simply describing that the person as generally intelligent, well educated and do well academically. Americans are dumber than the rest of the world is it true. Some americans are ignorant and proud s1e100 are you smarter than a 5th grader. We all know people who are book smart but clueless in the real world, and those who are street smart but unable to handle any environment other than the one theyre used to. Know plenty of people with a ton of book smarts who didnt go to far in life. Yes, people go to school to get educated, get all these fancy degrees and all that, gain knowledge about mathematics, science, biology, english, and other subjects, people have this perception that if they do not earn high marks.
If you are a street smart with knowledge, it works best. I respect what graff, and x have to say and agree with them, both book and street smarts are very important. Everything about the books we had in school disgusted me. The general definition of book smart is someone who is intelligent and very well educated academically. Being street smart puts you at the centre of the knowledge. Yes because its a loser and now that they own it and the books they can see it. Why being street smart is better than being book smart. Leno, the host of longrunning franchise the tonight show since 1992, and obrien, host of late night since 1993, were strong ratings leaders for the network for much of the decade. Test your smarts with these savvy questions to find out if youre book smart or street smart.
The premise is similar to jay lenos man is the street bit where he asks people he. Both would be better naturally, one could argue that having a fair share of wellread book smarts to go along with street smarts field experience is the ideal background for an aspiring job. Last season the apprentice was based on this dichotomy, pitting a team of people with higher education against a team whose members had less formal education. A recent debate at the eastern correctional facility in new york between prison inmates and the harvard debate team had me questioning whether its better to have street smarts or book smarts. The pay is way lower then your big city police departments, and the street smart cop basically has to teach himself the ropes, due to overtime and budget issues. But the show itself is fun and eye opening, and the host frank nicotara is great. The stereotype of a book smart person is someone who is upperclass and well educated but less knowledgeable when it comes to handling important situations faced in bad neighborhoods and lower. You can have all the book smarts in the world, but the real world will eat you up and spit you out if you aint able to play the game. I was expecting a different book out of street smarts from proverbs, a tome that former car auctioneer mitch kruse wrote with d. Education logic and common sense id rather have street smarts, intelligence, logic and common sense. I personally have no street smarts, so i like being around people who have a similar educational backgroundinterest to me who can also teach me a thing or two about how the real world works.
Essay on street smarts versus book smarts 706 words. Comedian, longtime host of the tonight show and renowned car enthusiast jay leno will perform his standup act at the palace theater in. What i find interesting is that people have to judge the book by the cover. With wisdom, humor, and amusing antidotes, the investment biker recounts his lifes experiences in a. Using your intelligence effectively in college by frozenflan on january 31, 2014 its the question weve all had in our minds as. While which one is more helpful can be a matter of debate and also depends on the context, it is generally seen that street smarts weigh more on the scale when it comes. The tonight show lays off 20 staffers and host jay leno takes. Another huge distinction between book smarts and street smarts is who is in the middle of the knowledge. Common sense or street smarts, a basic understanding of the mechanisms of the world disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title street smart. Real but ridiculous headlines from americas newspapers books i, ii. Whether one is more versed in street smarts or book smarts depends on the circumstances one has grown up under. Many studies support higher education for police officers, encouraging the disciplines beyond what is actually taught. It means you ve learned how to take what has happened to you, good or bad.
Adventures on the road and in the markets kindle edition by rogers, jim. Oh, youll survivebut youll realize just how many times you can say. Most important perhaps, being street smart comes from experience. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading street smarts. After 22 years, perennial nice guy jay leno is about to hand over. The ladies of the real share their views, in this girl chat. This is a list of segments appearing on the tonight show with jay leno. Leno will conduct an interview with a celebrity or recent major. Street smarts over book smarts gerald graff is a professor of english and education in the university of illinois at chicago. Why street smarts always win out over book smarts when it. The story of this turbulent transition was later turned into a book and a movie. Street smart the psychology of good and bad judgment on november 10, 2015, in dr.
The premise is similar to jay lenos man is the street bit where he asks people. Street smarts was a united states game show that featured two instudio contestants trying to. Now, its time for words and their stories from voa learning english. When it comes to safety, street smarts will help you get out of a jam, not book smarts. Theres money smart, theres movie smart, theres computer smart. Usa today street smarts is another great read from one of the most astute global investors of our time. Book smarts refer to the education, schooling and other kinds of knowledge that one has acquired. List of the tonight show with jay leno sketches wikipedia. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It was in these discussions with friends about toughness and sports, i think, and in my reading of sports books and magazines, that i began to learn the rudiments of the intellectual life graff 10. But book smarts wont help you that much in the real world. Go ahead and get on interstate 95 on an extended trip without ever reading the book and tell me how that goes for you. Nbc would be crazy to give jay lenos tonight job to jimmy fallon. Tomas chamorropremuzic, editorial advisory board, leadership, learning, talent management, by dr.
In graffs essay, hidden intellectualism, graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Both malcolm x, and gerald graff make very interesting points about street and book smarts. In the beginning he emphasizes that his knowledge of business comes from street smarts, beginning with the lessons he learned on the street from his father. In bill carters subsequent book, the war for late night, he goes. Street smarts do win the race against book smarts but it is the combination of two that does the wonder. When people discuss street smarts and book smarts, its usually implied that you can only have one or the other. While many, if not most, people hold book smarts in the highest regard, the truth is. The doctor asked me if the book was really that funny, and i said yes, go buy jays book and read it to laugh. Street smarts trump book smarts if you want to get. Street smarts is a cetch all term that can refer to knowing how to scam someone to simple public social.
Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. The combination of practical knowledge and explicit knowledge is the key to a successful career. This is what was approvingly described by my fellow prisoners as streetsmarts, as in you wouldnt think it to look at her, but pipers got streetsmarts. However, the underlying idea is that the person deals with situations especially bad or difficult situations from an intellectual d.
People who are too book smart are too prudish and uptight for me, while people who are too street smart are too loose and uncouth for me. You absorbed the text books, ate up homework assignments, did well on tests, and your brain is very good at processing information. And, by many accounts, he was funnier than the other guy. You are essentially studying what someone else has discovered. The jay leno vs conan obrien debacle was not a pr stunt. Whereas, street smarts refers to the experiential knowledge on things. I actually think former nbc chief jeff zucker was smart to lock conan. Street smarts trump book smarts if you want to get seriously rich. What you will find is many books instructing you how to improve specific skillsets that, combined, could be called street smarts. Winging it and relying on street smarts is absolutely not the best way to go every time. However, the term is usually used to contrast and compare with another term known as street smart.
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