I am a senior at Mattamuskeet Early College high School. I have been at MECHS for my entire academic career and so have my parents and sibling. One could probably consider me as your typical high school student. I maintained an A-B average in all academic courses and I am constantly involved in sports or other school events. All the courses I completed at MECHS were far too easy; I would describe education as common sense. Educators at my school encourage me to become a full time student at Beaufort County Community College. When I first attended BCC I was a little nervous since I had heard horror stories about how students fail classes that are supposed to be simple, such as, English. I thought this could never happen to me; due to the fact
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According to all three authors, memorization hinders learning and leads to a meaningless education. Freire argues that “memorization should not remain as the foundation of learning.” Memorization leads to a lack of understanding. As a teacher, Freire noticed that students were not gaining anything from memorization. His students were only remembering facts like “’four times four is sixteen; the capital of Para is Belem.’ The students records, memories, and repeats these phrases without perceiving what four times four really means, or realizing the true significance of ‘capital’ in the affirmation ‘the capital of Para is Belem,’ that, is, what Belem means for Para and what Para means for Brazil(Freire 63).” As a consequence of memorization, students are not comprehending what the teachers are attempting to teach. This is the result of a memorization tactic called the “banking” concept; which is when students are turned into “containers” and are “filled’ with information by the teachers. To eliminate this flaw in education, teachers and students have to achieve “authentic thinking.” “Authentic thinking” is the result of harmony and communication because “thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world” and “the teacher’s thinking is authenticated only by the authenticity of the students thinking (Freire 65).” Teachers and students are able to go beyond the information in a text book and discover meaning, which is what connects facts to reality. Therefore; through understanding a student can use their knowledge to their own advantage and developed
According to all three authors, memorization hinders learning and leads to a meaningless education. Freire argues that “memorization should not remain as the foundation of learning.” Memorization leads to a lack of understanding. As a teacher, Freire noticed that students were not gaining anything from memorization. His students were only remembering facts like “’four times four is sixteen; the capital of Para is Belem.’ The students records, memories, and repeats these phrases without perceiving what four times four really means, or realizing the true significance of ‘capital’ in the affirmation ‘the capital of Para is Belem,’ that, is, what Belem means for Para and what Para means for Brazil(Freire 63).” As a consequence of memorization, students are not comprehending what the teachers are attempting to teach. This is the result of a memorization tactic called the “banking” concept; which is when students are turned into “containers” and are “filled’ with information by the teachers. To eliminate this flaw in education, teachers and students have to achieve “authentic thinking.” “Authentic thinking” is the result of harmony and communication because “thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world” and “the teacher’s thinking is authenticated only by the authenticity of the students thinking (Freire 65).” Teachers and students are able to go beyond the information in a text book and discover meaning, which is what connects facts to reality. Therefore; through understanding a student can use their knowledge to their own advantage and developed