20th Century American Education

In a country where fifteen out of twenty-five million people did not have economic nor politic rights in the 20th century, to educate that 15 million people was essential. However, since these people felt they were inadequate, it was easy for the education system to just use them. This system is called the “Banking” concept of education. It mythicized reality, threatened students as objects of assistance, also the oppressor (teacher) presented himself to his students as their opposite. Students were there just to record, memorize and repeat that the teacher taught them. Paulo Freire was the most influential radical educator, who wanted to change this system.

Throughout the reading he provided a few example of actual class situations. First,