Achievement Of Desire By Richard Rodriguez Analysis

Before we further discuss the overall benefits of a student teacher dynamic in the problem posing system we cannot discount the benefits of some aspects of the current banking structure of education in a western society. One of the faults that problem posing education is that it has no direction. A pure problem posing structure fears “oppression”, as Freire numerously refers, and fears any control a teacher may have over a student. And while this dynamic does promote more creative thinking, over all it gives students too much credit. Let’s look at a young Rodriguez as an example. In his more primal years as a student Rodriguez dreaded reading. “Reading was, at best, only a chore.” (Rodriguez 247) It wasn't until Rodriguez’s sessions with a …show more content…
A statement that heavily implies that Freire drawn similarities with students of the modern era with these creatures can be in a statement he put on page 220, “Based on a mechanistic, static naturalistic, spatialized view of consciousness, it transforms students into receiving objects. It attempts to control thinking and action, leads women and men to adjust to the world, and inhibits their creative power.” (Freire 220) These themes of changing in accordance to repeating opinions that were given to him not self-created is repeated throughout “The Achievement of Desire.” Throughout the novel Rodriguez not only mentions but takes pride in changing his personality it fit this perfect mold of a student. “He is a great mimic, the very last person in class who ever feels obligated to have an opinion of his own… he realizes… education requires radical self –reformation ” (Rodriguez 352). Both acknowledge that education focus on passivity on the part of the student, the student, besides listening, interacts little to nothing in the exchange. And while Freire might call this type of student as oppressed, he fails to realize that for certain occupations, the skill of critical thinking is not