Assignment 1C

Tell us their name and something about them.
Who I have learned from:
I have learned from and something about was Jessica Martin.
She is taking this class for reasons similar to why I’m taking this class. I see she is 100% Mexican and 100% proud with is cool. Like her, one of the things I think about when I think about Latin America is the hospitality and warm family environment – even to “outsiders”.

The other person I learned something about was Kim Pritchett. She’s taking this class because her boyfriend is latin which is cool. I don’t have a boyfriend but my wife is latin (South American) and her family always talks about their country. This class will help me bring something to the conversations – I hope.
2. Tell us 2 things from each person you learned regarding Paulo Freire.

One thing I overlooked that I did learn from Jessica’s post is that in addition to all of his accomplishments, he was a family man – father of five. That makes me wonder what became of his children. Did he instill his belief system in them and what have they done to perpetuate his teachings?

One thing that I didn’t necessarily not know – but is worth echoing from Kim’s post is that education is much more than just passively memorizing and learning. For me, my goal is to just finish school so I’ll quit banging my head on the proverbial glass ceiling. So I do go about doing a lot of memorization. What I realize is that to really learn and grow as a person, you have to understand something beyond what a textbook or website says. It’s about not only what it means, but what it means to you based on your experiences. That is learning.