To teach is part of the very fabric of learning.

A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged, by those who read and study; as subjects of the action, they must seek to employ appropriate instruments in order to carry out the task. For this very reason, reading and studying form a challenging task, one requiring patience and perseverance.

Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely build the future.

It doesnt hurt to repeat here the statement, still rejected by many people in spite of its obviousness, that education is a political act.

This book will present some aspects of what the writer has termed the pedagogy of the oppressed, a pedagogy which must be forged with, not for, the oppressed (whether individuals or peoples) in the incessant struggle to regain their humanity.

Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.