The Former Oppressors Do Not

Those Truly Committed To Liberation Must Reject The Banking Concept In Its Entirety, Adopting Instead A Concept Of Women And Men As Conscious Beings And Consciousness As Consciousness Intent Upon The World.

Just As It Is Important In Latin America To Discuss Ideas That Come From North America, I Think It Is Interesting For North Americans To Discuss Ideas That Come From Latin America Or Africa And Do Not Insert Themselves Into Capitalist Interests.

The Educator Has The Duty Of Not Being Neutral.

Education Either Functions As An Instrument Which Is Used To Facilitate Integration Of The Younger Generation Into The Logic Of The Present System And Bring About Conformity Or It Becomes The Practice Of Freedom, The Means By Which Men And Women Deal Critically And Creatively With Reality And Discover How To Participate In The Transformation Of Their World.

Sometimes A Simple, Almost Insignificant Gesture On The Part Of A Teacher Can Have A Profound Formative Effect On The Life Of A Student.