I strongly felt what Gatto was saying about the education system which conforms children into fitting in with the dull society. Forced schooling prepares kids to accept being servants and mere followers as adults who accept how things are no matter how wrong and unfavorable it feels to them. Freire as well takes hits at the current education system which he explains as a “banking” system which makes students into data storing machines instead of data interpreters. He makes the claim that banking system blocks the development of a child’s critical thinking abilities as he is simply expected to absorb whatever information is given to him without questioning the logic.
These articles really made me think deep about what kind of a person I would had turned out to be if I was not a part of the “flawed” education system during my childhood.
I really wonder how different our society would be if our education system was completely different. Its hard for me to even guess personally because the only type of schooling i have been a part of has been "banking". Maybe if kids were taught completely differently they might be different individuals as adults than they are now. Would the intelligence level and productivity of all students automatically rise as adults under the new system? Or would the effects just cancel out since even though the education style is better, kids will still have the equal amount of resources provided to them compared to their classmates as with the "inferior" system and the raised competition level will have overall tougher competitors
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