Assignment 1b

Paulo Freire was born September 19, 1921 in Brazil. He was a child in 1929 living in poverty during the Great Depression. Freire says that poverty and hunger affected his ability to learn and this was the reason that he dedicated his life to improving the lives of the poor. He and his family later turned there lives around and got themselves out of poverty.

He was a lawyer for a brief amount of time and later taught Portuguese at secondary schools. He became active in adult education and workers' training, and was the first person to become Director of the Department of Cultural Extension of the University of Recife. He became recognized all over the world for his literacy training and his theories of education.

In 1964, a military coup brought everything to a halt, and Freire was imprisoned for 70 days and then exiled for his "subversive" activities. This was the time that he began his first text. Paulo Freire died of heart failure on May 2, 1997. He left behind a legacy of hopeful texts that continue to have a huge impact on educational theory.

Works Cited:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire
http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~stevens/critped/freire.htm
http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/contemporaryed/Paulo_Freire/paulo_freire.html

assignment 1a

1. What is your first name only? Michelle

2. Why are you taking this class and what do you hope to learn? I am taking this class because it sounded interesting. I took a different humanities class about a year ago and loved it. I hope to learn something I never knew before.

3. How far do you live from SRJC main campus (go to google, maps to get the SPECIFIC answer; for this you type in your address and 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA to find the exact mileage. EXAMPLE: 2.6 miles from campus. The goal here is to use new tools available to us. You can always come back to edit this)-I live 5.28 miles from the J.C. campus.

4. What do you think of when you think "California"? Does this differ from what non-Californians think and if so, how? When I think of California I think of a beautiful place to live. I think non-Californians think of the stereotype, sunny, beaches and palm trees, everywhere.

5. Have you created a blog or webpage in the past? No

6. Regarding computers, are you on a mac or a pc? PC

7. What was your January 20th, 2009 like, or what do you remember of this day?
I definitely remember this day. I watched the President's Inauguration and I felt so proud.