" It would really be a naif attitude to expect that dominant classes would develop a way of educating, that allows dominated classes to perceive social injustice in a critical way" - Paulo Freire.
Many of the things I heard last class reminded me of Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator, and philosopher, who is very critical of the transmission model of education. He believed in a way of learning that includes social necessities of each particular group and strongly believed in the empowering the rights, allowing the students to realize and acknowledge their social status and needs, in order to make a change if necessary. He believed in social protest and organization.
Many things reminded me of my country and the problems we are going through as a society. In regards to public education, in Argentina, where I come from, we have public schools and universities, with health care and social assistance, that is completely free. Also, the entrance is not restricted, so if you completed high school you can go. But even so, there's still a lot to do, because there are many people that are excluded, so I wonder is it really public? People with fewer resources, often think the university is not for them. Also, many of them live in the peripheries of the city and suffer from police instigation and discrimination also when they go to town. Even when transportation for students is free too, they perceive space in a different way, they see the town center a lot more far away than it actually is, because of discrimination too. So what I'm trying to say, is that public school is only one step in achiving a massive educating system for everyone.
I strongly believe we need an educating system that includes the ones that are excluded and teaches race equality. Lately in my country discrimination is growing. Media and massive news channels are starting to say, in conjunction with the government, that black poor people are not Argentinian, that they are inmigrants from near countries, like Bolivia. and this is really sad because they are putting into doubt the citizenship of people and moreover, they deny the ethnic diversity in Argentina. I can see now that we share a lot of difficulties in terms of equal rights.
Many of the things I heard last class reminded me of Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator, and philosopher, who is very critical of the transmission model of education. He believed in a way of learning that includes social necessities of each particular group and strongly believed in the empowering the rights, allowing the students to realize and acknowledge their social status and needs, in order to make a change if necessary. He believed in social protest and organization.
Many things reminded me of my country and the problems we are going through as a society. In regards to public education, in Argentina, where I come from, we have public schools and universities, with health care and social assistance, that is completely free. Also, the entrance is not restricted, so if you completed high school you can go. But even so, there's still a lot to do, because there are many people that are excluded, so I wonder is it really public? People with fewer resources, often think the university is not for them. Also, many of them live in the peripheries of the city and suffer from police instigation and discrimination also when they go to town. Even when transportation for students is free too, they perceive space in a different way, they see the town center a lot more far away than it actually is, because of discrimination too. So what I'm trying to say, is that public school is only one step in achiving a massive educating system for everyone.
I strongly believe we need an educating system that includes the ones that are excluded and teaches race equality. Lately in my country discrimination is growing. Media and massive news channels are starting to say, in conjunction with the government, that black poor people are not Argentinian, that they are inmigrants from near countries, like Bolivia. and this is really sad because they are putting into doubt the citizenship of people and moreover, they deny the ethnic diversity in Argentina. I can see now that we share a lot of difficulties in terms of equal rights.
I really like how you bring in geography here. The city is never a blank slate where all movements are treated equal. As you point out, the passages that allow for movement are not always open to everyone the same way. Maybe part of the problem of education is that we think it happens in a structure.
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