Assignment 1C

Debbie
1. Debbie would like to learn about the history and culture within the diversity of California.
2. A. One thing I learned about Paulo Freire from Debbie’s post is that he once taught a group of three hundred sugarcane workers how to read and write and forty five days.
B. Another interesting fact about Paulo Freire that I learned from Debbie’s post is that Paulo Freire believed that there were two main deficiencies in the educational system. One was the lack of schools for children and secondly was the poor teaching in public schools.
3. This information relates to our studies of humanities in that in all cultures education, whether formal or not, education is part of everyday life. In our culture education is an assured thing for all of our youth, but for other cultures it may be more difficult to attain a well rounded education. We are blessed in this country to have all the luxuries of free education and a lot of the times we do not value what others may treasure as a gift. The ability to read and write is a given for most people in our society. Paulo taught a group of sugarcane workers how to read and write in forty five days, learning a subject so vast in such a small amount of time is unfathomable for most Americans. Yet to other cultures this small gift gives them the opportunity to improve their lives dramatically.
Danielle
1.Danielle thinks of California as an all inclusive land. We have mountains, oceans, forests, deserts, rain, snow and sunshine. We also have quite a diverse group of people that inhabit our California.
2. A. Something I learned about Paulo Freire from Danielle’s post is that he despised the banking concept within the educational system. He believed it dehumanized not only the student but the educators as well.
B. I also learned that in Paulo’s book “The Pedagogy of the oppressed,” the first chapter is focused on the justification of the educational process in which the “oppressed” is controlled by the “oppressor.” Out of the oppression comes a fear of freedom from the “oppressed.”
3. This all relates to our study of humanities in that in order to have a functioning education system the educator has to do more that fill the learners head with bias facts and curriculum. An exchange of ideas and thoughts must occur for real learning to begin. If students are being “oppressed” they are never going to learn in a conducive and positive way. Without education cultures and humans cannot thrive.