I Am An Educator Who Thinks Globally.

The Parent-child Relationship In The Home Usually Reflects The Objective Cultural Conditions Of The Surrounding Social Structure. If The Conditions Which Penetrate The Home Are Authoritarian, Rigid, And Dominating, The Home Will Increase The Climate Of Oppression. As These Authoritarian Relations Between Parents And Children Intensify, Children In Their Infancy Increasingly Internalize The Paternal Authority.

A Reader Does Not Suddenly Comprehend What Is Being Read Or Studied, In A Snap, Miraculously. Comprehension Needs To Be Worked Forged, By Those Who Read And Study; As Subjects Of The Action, They Must Seek To Employ Appropriate Instruments In Order To Carry Out The Task. For This Very Reason, Reading And Studying Form A Challenging Task, One Requiring Patience And Perseverance.

In Order For The Oppressed To Unite They Must First Cut The Umbilical Cord Of Magic And Myth Which Binds Them To The World Of Oppression; The Unity Which Links Them To Each Other Must Be Of A Different Nature.

Attempting To Liberate The Oppressed Without Their Reflective Participation In The Act Of Liberation Is To Treat Them As Objects That Must Be Saved From A Burning Building.

This Book Will Present Some Aspects Of What The Writer Has Termed The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed, A Pedagogy Which Must Be Forged With, Not For, The Oppressed (whether Individuals Or Peoples) In The Incessant Struggle To Regain Their Humanity.