The banking system of education that creates an environment in which the teacher knows all and the student knows nothing has flaws. First of all, students are oppressed by teachers because as Freire indicates "students are considered empty depositories that must be filled by t

What the educational system basically comes down to is mental slavery. The usage of ringing bells gives students the image of slaves. They uncontrollably move to the bells without thinking about it. Teachers have a form of control that resembles a dictatorship. Teachers make the rules and they usually do not apply them upon themselves. Beginning with the early years of school students do school work at the teacher's request without asking why, what for, or what good comes from doing what they are told. Even if a student did ask such questions a likely answer would be "Just do it.", because they really do not have a choice in the class room. Only the teacher decides what will be banked upon the students, to what extent, and for how long. "Students are seen as ignorant in the eyes of the teachers, and that justifies their existence." (Freire 53) because they are the ones who must fill the empty minds.

The students are all seen as the same. There is hardly any form of individuality among students because of the banking system. Instead of telling the students what is to be memorized,

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