Blog Post 6

This book has brought many new and different thoughts. I enjoy reading it because it gives many different perspectives on all kinds of concepts. It questions our ways in education today, it makes us really think about what we try to do to our youth. The book states that we teach in a way that forces kids to memorize things, rather than learning and understanding why these things are happening. I do not agree with everything that this book has to offer, but I do however agree with this concept. It will be very much beneficial to the kids if we change some of our teaching styles and techniques. When you memorize something, the knowledge comes and goes, but when you truly learn something rather, the knowledge stays with you.
On page 104, there is a few lines that really stood out to me. Pretending the students are containers for an example, the book states, "The more completely she (the teacher) fills the receptacles, the better a teacher she is. The more meekly the receptacles permit themselves (the students) to be filled, the better students they are." After initially reading this, one might say this really is irrelevant. But if you give it some thought, it really is true. We consider our teachers good or bad based on how much information they can give their students, rather than how well they can get the students to understand the information. On the other hand, we consider the best students the ones who can memorize the most, when really, memorization is no comparison to how intelligent one is. This whole concept is considered the banking concept of education. I agree with the book, as it is more bias against the ideas of the banking concept of education. I believe there are many better ways to educate our students in ways that don't require memorization, but rather true, honest learning.