Assignment 1C

1. Tell us their name and something about them.

a). Monica B. is a Humanities major. She works and goes to school.
b).Mayra Lozano is taking this class to understand what the study of Humanities is and hopes to learn about Humanities and how it relates to the world. She also has created something similar to a blog, however it is a learning website.

2. Tell us 2 things from each person you learned regarding Paulo Freire.

a). Two things I learned about Paulo Freire from Monica is that in 1961 he became the Director of the Department of Cultural Extension of Recife University and he put his theories to the test and succeeded in teaching three hundred sugarcane workers to read and write in forty-five days. I also learned that because of his success in doing this the Brazilian government approved thousands of cultural programs across the country.
b). Two things I learned from Mayra about Paulo Freire are one, that he was a man that though of educating the masses through their own experiences and with those experiences they could create their own language and way to express themselves. Secondly I learned that one of his most influential ideas that he used was 'Banking' theory. This is where a student, the bank, just takes in the knowledge the teachers is giving the student and basically regurgitates it back to the world the student lives in.


3. Tell us how this information will relate to our study of humanities.

I think all of this information relates to our study of humanities because what Paulo teaches provides students with the ability to think about our place in the world and learn through his unique way of teaching what the humanities is truly about. It allows us to be open to other peoples ideas and view points of the world as they see it.