Pedagogy Of The Oppresses Analysis

How the education system plays a role in an oppressive society. Paulo Freire wrote a book called the Pedagogy of the Oppresses in 1993 about societies that portray oppression. Within that book there was an essay called The Banking Concept of Education. I believe that Freire is right with his assessment of how education helps with the placement of citizens within society. I believe that Freire is right with his theory because education is what predetermines our place in society. His views stretch farther than just the education system because he is talking about society as a whole and the way they operate. In this essay Freire is portraying education as a systematic approach that lets society choose the way everyone should fit into it. He states that students become containers that are filled by the teacher with a type of education called memorization (para. 4).
Freire provides ten points that enable him to view the education system as a mirror to an oppressive society as a whole (para. 8). Out of the ten points there were two that stood out to me because they show how an oppressive society would teach their students. The first one is “the teacher knows everything and the students know nothing” (para. 8). This shows to me that there is a hierarchy of people in society and the teachers is one of the smartest ones and the students are way below them. The second one that stood out to me is “the teacher chooses the program content, and the students (who were not consulted) adapt to it” (para. 8). This is a classic example of an oppressive society because they teach what they want you to learn. After reading the essay I find it an interesting view of the not only an oppressive society but also a view on the way education plays into it. Each society has a choice of the type of education they decide to have. Freire is very well versed in the education system in his country of Brazil but also the