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Whereas Banking Education Anesthetizes And Inhibits Creative Power, Problem-posing Education Involves A Constant Unveiling Of Reality. The Former Attempts To Maintain The Submersion Of Consciousness; The Latter Strives For The Emergence Of Consciousness And Critical Intervention In Reality.

We Must Be Forewarned That Only Rarely Does A Text Easily Lend Itself To The Reader's Curiosity... The Reading Of A Text Is A Transaction Between The Reader And The Text, Which Mediates The Encounter Between The Reader And Writer. It Is A Composition Between The Reader And The Writer In Which The Reader "rewrites" The Text Making A Determined Effort Not To Betray The Author's Spirit.

As One Might Expect, Authoritarianism Will At Times Cause Children And Students To Adopt Rebellious Positions, Defiant Of Any Limit, Discipline, Or Authority. But It Will Also Lead To Apathy, Excessive Obedience, Uncritical Conformity, Lack Of Resistance Against Authoritarian Discourse, Self-abnegation, And Fear Of Freedom.

Being Tolerant Does Not Mean Acquiescing To The Intolerable; It Does Not Mean Covering Up Disrespect; It Does Not Mean Coddling The Aggressor Or Disguising Aggression. Tolerance Is The Virtue That Teaches Us To Live With The Different. It Teaches Us To Learn From And Respect The Different.

Dialogue Cannot Exist, However, In The Absence Of A Profound Love For The World And Its People.