Sunday, July 6, 2008

Week 3 Project 3c

Paulo Freire helped 300 sugarcane workers to read and write. This was a huge thing for these people and their country. Because they were now able to read, they could now vote (you could only vote if you could read). Being able to vote meant that you had a part in changing your country. This meant that you could make a better life for yourself in the long run. Paulo Freire also took his beliefs into other countries because he saw that his country was not the only one suffering.

Paulo Freire believed that there was strength in numbers. He believed that people should work together rather than fighting one another. During the 1970's he traveled the world lecturing about his ideas. He has even been invited to Harvard University to speak. He has become highly influential around the world.

Paulo Freire ideas relate to this class in many ways. For one, we are furthering our education by taking this class. That was one of Freire's central beliefs. He believed that education was power. Another reason he relates is because we are studying Latin America and he did many great things there. He influnced what we can currently study.

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