Assignment 1c

Two Classmates:

1 – a. Kendra lives an astounding 52.9 miles away from the main college campus and is currently taking this course because she requires more humanities classes in order to transfer to a UC.

b. Two things that I learned from Kendra's research on Paulo Freire include that Freire practiced Catholicism as a religion and that he denied Marxism as distancing him from that theological affiliation.

2 – a. Megan lives 23.3 miles away from the main college campus in Santa Rosa and is currently taking this online humanities course because it was recommended to her by a friend.

b. Two things that I learned about Freire from reading Megan's blog include his concept of “banking” which stipulated that students were like empty “accounts” that teachers “filled up” and that he wanted to learn from his students just as much as he wanted to teach them. Freire believed the teacher-student relationship to be very important and essential.

How this information will relate to our studies:

I think that observing the theories of a distinguished educator (Paulo Freire) before proceeding further into this course will establish an important structural basis. Keeping in mind his pedagogical ideas regarding how one should learn can act as a profound model throughout the duration of the class. Using his insights and ideology can perhaps “open new doors” and allow us (the students) to learn the humanities in unprecedented fashion, thus optimizing what we learn.