Assignment 1C

The first blog that I read belonged to Lori Sargiotto and I really liked her response to how people who do not love in California may think of it. Like Lori, when I think of California I think about San Francisco. I don’t know if it’s because it’s the most popular place around here, or because it’ so well known. When I talk to others about this state I usually get a comment about Hollywood, stars, beaches, and the sun. Although all of those things can be found here they aren’t necessarily what make up this state. I think that’s the most common misconception of California. I agree with Lori one hundred percent with her response and thought she explained it well.

Through Lori’s blog on Paulo Freire I learned that Freire had been jailed and exiled due to his subversive activities. I thought this was very interesting because I hadn’t read that through my own research. I also learned a lot about how Freire viewed culture. Paulo Freire believed that culture is all around us and it’s everything that we do.

The next blog that I visited belonged to Elizabeth Laxton. I learned a lot about what Elizabeth hopes to study throughout this course. She wants to learn more about liberal arts and how exactly they differ in different cultures.

Through Elizabeth’s blog I learned about one of Freire’s principles “Theory of Consensus.” Freire believed that disagreement was inevitable and healthy; he also believed that without conflict there is no human existence. Another thing that I learned through Elizabeth’s blog was another one of Freire’s principles called “Theory of Value.” It was interesting to read about how Paulo Freire viewed the student teacher relationship and how they should treat one another.

This project relates to our humanities class because we get a better understanding of our past and how it affects the future. This was also helpful because it discusses how students deal with their own education, or in Freire’s terms of “banking.”