Thanks for your comment. I think yes her father understood the role of a teacher than her actual teacher. The way he insisted to get her right was not only for the missing degree but for her right to think and not be punished for her critical thinking.

Nice post! My experience might be a little different. I had always been a student good at “banking” whatever knowledge that was taught to me and never doubted them until I enter college. I started to realize that being a knowledge “banker” cannot get me any further, not get me jobs, not into graduate school and even not get me graduate. But the good thing is now we know what real education should be, we can try not to let the same thing happen to the next generation.

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Thanks for the post! It is nice to hear a different voice here. While Paulo Freire’s writing can be sensational every now and then, I think he is making some good points. I’m sure there are a lot of good teachers around us, but I also encountered bad ones: these bad teachers see teaching as some sort of mandatory task they need to do and they teach like they don’t care about how the students think at all. For these teachers, Paulo’s book can be really helpful.

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Great post! I actually went to the 999 post and read it, and thought about if 9^9^9 is correct — that’s not important though. I am really moved by how the girl’s father fought for her while she was mistreated by the teacher. On this specific issue, the father is a real educator way better than the teacher.

Thanks for your comment. Exactly, that what I meant from my post. It is fine to make mistakes but you should do your best to correct that to students and admit your mistake.

I think as long as you clarified the mistake, they will no more have a confusion. But actually, what you did is first brave and second it shows that you well understand the role of teacher. It is fine to make mistakes, all of us do, but to be eager to correct your mistake and feeling guilty for your students is a symptom of the good teacher.

unfortunately, that’s true. Many teachers refuse the idea of change. They are not convinced that their method of teaching was not the perfect one and it needs a lot of improvement.
Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for your comment. Exactly, teachers or educators have great effects on their students and they way the see or react in the future. I think you had kind of a different experience in your Master’s defense, but the good thing is that it changed your view for learning.

Wouldn’t that be amazing! You just described the ideal scenario Mary!

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True that!

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