Mere Spectators Quotes by Paulo Freire

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• The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.
• It would be extremely naive to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to…
• Love is an act of courage.
• No reality transforms itself.
• Only through communication can human life hold meaning.
• The parent-child relationship in the home usually reflects the objective cultural conditions of the surrounding social structure. If the conditions which penetrate…
• The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some satisfaction they…
• There is, in fact, no teaching without learning.
• Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events…
• This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing…
• One of my major preoccupations is the approximation between what I say and what I do, between what I seem to be…
• The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but…

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