A comparison of Lewis black and mike rose with freire's thoughts as I think he would have. Both Lewis black and mike rose have similar ideas. Although Lewis black is a comedian, he still has some insightful thoughts about the education system. One of which is media attention. We all can agree that the American education system is skewed. Even though we know this, there does not seem to be much media coverage on the matter. Lewis Black’s clip about NBC’s 1 week out of 52 about education makes me think of Mike Rose’s #11 bullet. Rose says “to have the media, middle brow and high brow, quit giving such a free pass to the claims and initiative of the department of education and school reformers” (Mike Rose 2). The most interesting idea that they share is the correlation between the banking concept and rose’s #8 bullet. Both of these ideas turn students and education into assets and numbers to be moved around in keeping with the interests of the school, not the students.
These ideas just reiterate what we have been learning the entire class. The education system is broken. There is no quick fix for it but one of the best things to do would be to remember that we are supposed to be educating our children and not competing in a numbers game. I believe that Freire would agree because of his article on the banking concept of education in which he says basically the same thing I just did just more detailed.
Yes, as you say, both Rose and Freire's ideas go with the idea of students into quantifiable assets, which can then be bought and sold politically, either in the school or the larger education system. Very sad.
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