Week 1

1. Name:

Kelly

2. Why are you taking this class and what do you hope to learn:

I am taking this class for a couple reasons, first because of the requirements I needed this class sounded interesting to me. And second because I have always been interested in latin culture, I attempted to learn Spanish in high school for 3 years, during those classes I had a wonderful teacher that taught us so much about the culture, since then I have been very interested in it. Also I love visiting Mexico and plan to stretch my travels to South America some day, so I would love to learn as much as I can. I want these locations to be more than just a vacationing place for me, I would like to know what it is like to live and breathe the culture. I hope to be bilingual in the future in spanish so I feel that understanding the culture and people is very important in doing so.

3. Briefly, what do you think of when you think:
Santa Rosa? I think it is a small, nice city that is good to raise a family in, but lacks diversity at times.
California? A perfect place to live as far as weather, landscape, and people, but to expensive.
Latin America? Rich in culture, wonderful weather, interesting people, many resources, lots of history.

The Caribbean? Warm climates, beautiful scenery, lots of tourist areas, and a good vacationing destination. Other than that I do not know much about it.

4. Have you created a blog or webpage in the past?

Yes I did for my online English 1A class I took a year ago.

5. Regarding computers, are you on a mac or a pc?

I am using a PC.

6. Do you/can you text on your phone?

Yes absolutely.

Paulo Freire Notes
Where is Paulo Freire from (where was he born?)
Brazil, born 9/19/1921, died 1997 of heart failureWhat was his family, upbringing like?
Grew up in the middle class until his father died in 1934, then moved to a lower class, poor neighborhood, where he was most influenced and began to believe that things weren’t so great in the world, he was 10 at this realizationWhat professions did Paulo Freire have?
Author, professor, Director of Brazil literacy program, Director of cultural ext. of the Recife University, Christian Democratically Ag, special education advisor in Geneva, Minister of Education in Sao Paulo, Supervisor of Workers Party, What political challenges did he face?
Being imprisoned for fighting for literacy amongst the poor field workers, and being thrown into exile.What is his experience with literacy?
He made it his life mission to extend literacy to the poor and underprivileged, felt that Education was lacking and worked to fix it.
Definition of literacy:
Being able to read, write, understand, interpret, communicate, create and computeWhat areas of Latin America did he live in?
Brazil, and Chile
What is the definition of Latin America?
Territories of Mexico, Central and South America, Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Puerto What languages did he speak?
Spanish, Portuguese, EnglishWhat is his greatest written work? Pedagogy of the OppressedWhat is dialogue:
Informal education, conversations of the teacher and student including mutual respect and understanding
Conscientization:
Popular education and a social concept developed by Paulo Freire, an in depth understanding of the world.
Praxis:
The power and know how to take action against oppression, which leads to social transformation.How does he define privilege and oppression? It seems that he defined privilege as being able to attain education and further be able to fight against oppression.
Does this have anything to do with finances?
It does only because in the beginning without finances you had no privilege but it seems that Freire’s whole life was to change this very a truth and make education a possibility for everyone, hence extending privilege to any person who desire’s a better life through learning.


10 Multiple Questions about Paulo Freire
1. In addition to law what else did Paulo Freire study at the University of Recife in 1943?
Philosophy ***
Latin Culture
Humanities
Foreign Language
Speech


2. When appointed to Director of Dept of Ed. & Culture for the Social Service in 1946 whom did Freire primarily work with?
A. Women
B. Children
C. The poor/illiterate ****
D. Brazilians
E. The Chilean Government

3. Where was Freire offered a visiting professorship?
A. Harvard ***
B. University of Recife
C. Geneva
D. Germany
E. Chile

4. While in exile what three locations did Freire reside?
Chile, Honduras, Germany
Chile, Massachusetts, Geneva ***
Brazil, Massachusetts, Bolivia
Australia, Brazil, Chile
Mexico, Africa, Germany

5. What year was Pedagogy of the Oppressed finally published in Freire’s home Country of Brazil?
A. 1980
B. 1964
C. 1976
D. 1979
E. 1974 ****

6. What country did Freire work as an advisor of education reform, in former Portuguese colonies?
A. Geneva
B. Chile
C. Africa ****
D. Portugal
E. Hungary

7. Which Prize was Freire the first recipient of?
A. Prize for outstanding Christian Educators
B. Noble Peace Prize
C. UNESCO
D. King Baudouin International Development ****
E. Honorary Doctorate, University of Omaha

8. How many years were Freire in Exile?
A. 8
B. 11
C. 15
D. 16 ****
E. 12

9. Freire became a teacher of what subject while still attending high school?
A. Philosophy
B. Portuguese
C. Grammar ***
D. Humanities
E. Sociology

10. What act is Freire most known for?
A. Challenging Brazilian Government
B. Writing several books
C. Teaching at Harvard
D. Teaching 300 farm workers to read in 45 days ****
E. Traveling to Africa














In the movie, My Family, a Latino family faces many struggles through several generations. The Sanchez family dates back to the Great Depression, and fights through oppression and racism throughout the entire movie. Jose Sanchez, the father, desperately tries to instill in his children the importance of family values, and appreciation to the previous struggles. His stories of struggle, heartache, and political oppression on his people ring strong in the film. Although he isn’t able to reach all his children before tragedy take over, in the end he is able to instill that very love and family value he tried so hard from the beginning to make a real truth.

The real truth was simple, after working so hard to bring his family to California for a better life; life was one struggle after another. Jose told stories of his father walking for one year strait to simply reach the place that held all his dreams, a place he thought to be the other side of the world. After making a home there he is faced with the reality that Mexican people are viewed as nothing but hard workers worthy of only labor jobs.

The racial tensions were very high in this movie, it was apparent that Latino people were viewed as filth, and of the lower class, mainly by white America. These views didn’t stop some of the Sanchez family from obtaining the American Dream, the family does yield a lawyer, political movement daughter, a son in the Navy, and a writer. Throughout all this tragedy the Sanchez parents hold this family together, always showing support and love for them all. In many ways the family reacts to oppression and racism, sometimes refusing to fall into the oppression, other times falling victim to it.

In the end, Jimmy the youngest is able to break through and find love in his heart despite all the pain he had seen in the murder of his older brother. He too, is able to learn the importance of family and how sticking together is the only way to concur the oppression of the land they lived.