If I have to read Dr. Seuss in the dictionary, does that make me worthless? In high school, I was often never able to relate to the stories I was read. I always found my mind wandering to different things or I found myself not caring about the grades I got. I would often put my head in the book and fall asleep, which would lead to trouble. Often, when I was in trouble and had to go to the office, I didn't care because I wasn't bored with the readings that were required of me. Although teachers have different feelings about what is intellectual, students should not feel bad for not being able to relate. In the essay “Hidden Intellectualism”, Gerald Graff expressed his views on education. He believes that teachers or professors only consider traditional subjects or texts to have intellectual value, although as a professor himself he does not agree with this. He believes that the spectrum should be broadened to be able to interact more with children and get them more interested in the reading taught in schools. It is aimed at teachers with the aim of getting them to change their traditional teaching mentality and to make students identify with readings. It also speaks to students to make them feel better about not being able to relate to certain readings, and to also see that not being able to relate to readings is not a bad thing . Although reading pop culture isn't considered intellectual reading, it should be. Growing up, Graff was unable to relate to the readings he was given at school. Instead, Graff was interested in baseball. Since Graff was interested in baseball, he often found himself reading books and magazines about baseball and baseball games... in the middle of the newspaper... professors don't see pop culture readings as a form of intellectualism, or what is considered appropriate reading for academics. Even though Graff is a professor, he can relate to the students and their feelings, but they cannot relate to readings considered intellectual in an academic setting. If students never get to the various readings that teachers deem appropriate, will students give up or eventually stop caring. In an academic setting, will pop culture readings ever become considered intellectual and will teachers ever allow students to read the various readings that teachers deem appropriate? choose their own readings. If they don't, teachers will one day see value in students and their work. Works CitedGraff, G. "Hidden Intellectualism". Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 1.1 (2001): 786-90. Print.