She furthers Freire’s topic stating, “Freire’s work affirmed that education can only be liberatory when everyone claims knowledge as a field in which we all labor”(14). Notice in the end where she says “in which we all labor”, “all” meaning teachers and students. Her idea of free education, free thinking being practiced the right way is when everyone is taking part deliberately. Which is why hooks uses the word claim. Claim is a very specific word here and according to Adrienne Rich’s speech “Claiming an Education”, to claim means “to take as the rightful owner; to assert in the face of possible contradiction”(27). So just as it is the teacher 's duty to insure that you are being educated in the best way possible it is just as much the student’s duty to insure that they are taking a stand for the education they deserve. In hooks’ words this is being an “active participant” (14). But what 's the difference between an active participant and a passive consumer? And how does each affect the structure of a
She furthers Freire’s topic stating, “Freire’s work affirmed that education can only be liberatory when everyone claims knowledge as a field in which we all labor”(14). Notice in the end where she says “in which we all labor”, “all” meaning teachers and students. Her idea of free education, free thinking being practiced the right way is when everyone is taking part deliberately. Which is why hooks uses the word claim. Claim is a very specific word here and according to Adrienne Rich’s speech “Claiming an Education”, to claim means “to take as the rightful owner; to assert in the face of possible contradiction”(27). So just as it is the teacher 's duty to insure that you are being educated in the best way possible it is just as much the student’s duty to insure that they are taking a stand for the education they deserve. In hooks’ words this is being an “active participant” (14). But what 's the difference between an active participant and a passive consumer? And how does each affect the structure of a