Banking Concept Of Education
The point Wallace is trying to make is that education corrupts an individual’s ability to pay attention to what is going on inside of them. Education is good; it allows individuals to have knowledge about a certain field of study they love, but it becomes a problem when it intrudes onto the self and makes one feel as though their opinion means more just because they have received an education. According to Wallace, “learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience” (4). Individuals need to use their education to determine when to think for themselves and when
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Paulo Freire’s “The Banking Concept of Education” highlights the importance of how educators treat their students. The banking concept illustrates how educators oppress their students just because they have more knowledge. This is no way to inspire students to learn. Andrew Hacker points out solutions to fix the oppression of students in his interview with Tony Cox. Hacker believes educators need to rethink why they’re teaching students. If they’re teaching solely because they have tenure, or because they’ll be able to take sabbaticals to focus on their research, they should rethink being an educator. Students need enthusiastic educators to have a valued education that will give them the knowledge they need to flourish into free-thinking adults. David Foster Wallace examines the idea of how individuals use their education to think, and how they should think for both themselves and others. It is important for individuals to think for themselves, after all, that’s what makes them individual, but it is also important for them to think about the others around them. Arrogance in regards to thought will exhaust society, so it is necessary for individuals to use their education wisely. Just because an individual has an education, does not mean they are better than those around them. A free thinking mind is the most beautiful when it concerns, respects, and acknowledges other’s ideas and values. As living entities, it is our obligation to gain enough knowledge to create a world that is bounteous with free thinking minds in their most beautiful, graceful
Paulo Freire’s “The Banking Concept of Education” highlights the importance of how educators treat their students. The banking concept illustrates how educators oppress their students just because they have more knowledge. This is no way to inspire students to learn. Andrew Hacker points out solutions to fix the oppression of students in his interview with Tony Cox. Hacker believes educators need to rethink why they’re teaching students. If they’re teaching solely because they have tenure, or because they’ll be able to take sabbaticals to focus on their research, they should rethink being an educator. Students need enthusiastic educators to have a valued education that will give them the knowledge they need to flourish into free-thinking adults. David Foster Wallace examines the idea of how individuals use their education to think, and how they should think for both themselves and others. It is important for individuals to think for themselves, after all, that’s what makes them individual, but it is also important for them to think about the others around them. Arrogance in regards to thought will exhaust society, so it is necessary for individuals to use their education wisely. Just because an individual has an education, does not mean they are better than those around them. A free thinking mind is the most beautiful when it concerns, respects, and acknowledges other’s ideas and values. As living entities, it is our obligation to gain enough knowledge to create a world that is bounteous with free thinking minds in their most beautiful, graceful