Week 3 Project 3c

Matthew McDonald: Thought 1:
"One very important thing to know about Paulo Freire is that the first chance he had to apply some of his theories, he was able to teach 300 sugarcane workers to read and write. This lead the Brazilian government to create more of these cultural circles around their country. This is very important because literacy was a qualification to be able to vote in presidential elections." (http://mattymcd11.blogspot.com/2008/06/assignment-1b.html)

Comment 1:
I think Matthew has a very good flow of thought here. I had a similar thought, but he put it into better words that makes sense to any reader. The whole idea is that Freire was attempting to help the people break out of oppression and the first step to that is literacy. They can't begin to express concerns or take part in a government that they don't understand or know how to communicate with. Communication is the key aspect. Two people of different languages can have the same ideas and thoughts but are unable to share them without the one common denominator: language.

Jessica Champagne: Thought 2:
Paulo Freire was a very intelligent man, I think one of his important idea/fact was"Nobody starts reading the word; Because the word...What we have to read to our disposal is the World." This I had to read a few times to understand but its a powerful quote that has so much truth to it. (http://jesschampagne.blogspot.com/2008/06/paulo-freire.html)

Comment 2:
I really enjoyed this quote by Paulo Freire because it's complex and reading it after a few weeks has made me think of it in a new light. There is one way to read it, literally, but then there is a deeper meaning to it as well. What is says to me is that we aren't born to read the written word, we don't automatically know how to. But what we do start to "read" as we come to this earth is the world itself and what is and what should be. It is our interpretation of the world that shapes the way we "read".