In Freire’s essay “The Banking Concept of Education” he expresses his opinions on education. He feels that a teacher just gives a student phrases to record, memorize, and repeat without the student even learning factual information. Freire feels that the student does not learn the actual significance of each phrase. Freire explains the “banking” concept of education. He states that “banking” occurs when a student does not communicate with the teacher but just receives …showed first 75 words of 249 total…

…showed last 75 words of 249 total…to get quizzed on it. I think that if students and teachers communicated more, and students had more fun in the classroom then they would learn much more. The key for students to actually learn and not memorize and repeat is to make learning fun and interesting in the classroom. Students should not be forced to memorize information quickly just to pass a test because actual learning is much more important than a test grade.