Assignment 1c

Component C INSTRUCTIONS
For this one, find two classmates who have submitted work so far. Read their work. Create a new blog called Assignment 1c and answer the following questions:

1. Tell us their name and something about them.
2. Tell us 2 things from each person you learned regarding Paulo Freire.
3. Tell us how this information will relate to our study of humanities
4. Submit in your login area.


1. The first person I will comment about is Yesenia. She is taking this class as a requirement but another thing her blog made me think about was what else California represents, such as immigration, the land of opportunity, the place that movie stars live with expensive houses, nice cars and nice designer clothes.

2. The first thing I learned from Yesenia's blogs about Paulo Freire is that his ideas of education were to challenge the ideas themselves and to discuss these opinions through dialogue. By interacting with each other including the teacher, and some perserverance & patience, an learning experience is great enhanced. The second thing I learned in the blog is that Paulo had been jailed and exiled for 15 yrs after the Brazilian govt was overthrown; where he then moved to Switzerland and became the Advisor to the World Congress of Churches.

3. I think that this information relates to Humanities because it shows the importance of an education, whether at home or in a institution, and how education relates to a culture. I think Paulo shows us the need for people to read & write, especially in children since they are the future of this universe. Many of us take our education for granted while others in third world countries thirst for knowledge and the chance to learn about other cultures in the world. Through learning what we have & what we don't have, we can gain the knowledge to possibly change our world accordingly.


1. The other person I will comment about is Chris. Chris is also taking this course because it is a requirement and like many others, he is taking this class online because it is convienent.

2. In Chris' blog, I noted that Paulo Friere studied philosophy, phenomenology and law. He learned a law degree but didn't practice, instead he spent his entire life improving and spreading education around the world. He taught at many universities including Cambridge & Harvard. Friere, himself had a diverse education which probably enhanced his teachings and philosophies.
Secondly, I learned that Friere eventually returned to his home country of Brazil, later in his life, where he applied his principles of learning and teaching to what Chris noted is "70% of Brazil's schools". That is absolutely phenomenal! It shows how much influence Friere's principles had on society; he must've been correct in his ideas or not many people would follow them.

3. Paulo Friere's philosophies relate to Humanities in the fact that we must keep an open-mind in our approach to learning and be innovative with the way we learn and the tools we use. Through dialogue we can discuss different ideas and see different views from different people. Traditionally we go to school and learn from a textbook, but in this class we are being unconventional in the way that we don't meet in a class but we still interact through "blogging" which in itself has just recently become very popular around the world. By blogging and commenting on each others' blogs we are enhancing our learning process and we are ensuring everyone interacts with each other where in a classroom not everyone might raise their hand to pose a question or opinion.