This chapter was very confusing, and used words
that I didn't even know. I was constantly looking up certain words, just so I could
understand the sentence. I did not like it at all, and it made me feel stupid
for not knowing what anything meant. I was very frustrated. What I did like
about it, however, was how they talked about student and teacher relationship.
How the teacher thinks of his/her students as banks to be filled with
knowledge. I don’t agree with this concept because I don’t want to think of my
students as “containers” to be filled, and the more I fill them the better a
teacher I am. Students are human beings and my efficiency as a teacher isn’t
about how much I can teach them in one sitting, or even one year. It’s about
understanding, compassion, and being sensitive to their intelligence. Everyone
student is unique, and some will learn faster than others. The banking concept
of education, I believe is wrong. One thing that stuck out to me was the
teacher regulates how the world is perceived by the student. This applies to me
because I want to be a middle school teacher, specifically, I want to travel
the world and teach abroad. One of my goals as a teacher is to help my students
become a civil human being in society. Students who are in middle school are
moldable and vulnerable. It’s my job to help them be knowledgeable about the
world, the good and the bad because when they go out there on their own,
whether it’s in college or hard labor, I want them to remember me as the
teacher who educated and prepared them for reality. I want my students to think
of themselves as conscious human beings and liberate themselves.
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