According to Paulo Freire, "Education suffers from the disease of narration". Students are given information and expected to memorize the information, this is known as banking concept. If students are simply memorizing information, are they also learning the true meaning of the information, or are they simply memorizing the information long enough to take a test? The “banking” concept of education is not only ineffective, but also contributes to students suffering with an inability to think independently and creatively. In his essay, The "Banking" Concept of Education, Paulo Freire basically states that education is simply a teacher lecturing throughout the class period, filling the student's memory with information, and he or she simply accepts that the information is correct. Students should not challenge the teacher; hypothetically, they must blindly follow the teacher. Freire informs us of two completely different concepts of education. Throughout the essay, Freire questions the concept of “banking,” but still provides fair and equitable support for the concept. However, in ...