Love of Death

In the reading, “The Banking Concept of Education” Freire states, “Oppression – overwhelming control – is necrophilic; it is nourished by love of death, not life. The banking concept of education, which serves the interests of oppression, is also necrophilic.” I do not believe that teachers use the banking method of education in their classroom because those teachers love death. Teachers that use the banking method use it because it is all they know. It is what has been taught to them and what is easy for them. I do not believe that teachers in schools actively try to create oppression in schools. They do it because it is what they know. Therefore, the key to changing education could be the education of teachers in better teaching practices that promote liberation in the classroom.