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In Sum: Banking Theory And Practice, As Immobilizing And Fixating Forces, Fail To Acknowledge Men And Women As Historical Beings; Problem-posing Theory And Practice Take The People's Historicity As Their Starting Point.

To Simply Think About The People, As The Dominators Do, Without Any Self-giving In That Thought, To Fail To Think With The People, Is A Sure Way To Cease Being Revolutionary Leaders.

The Teacher Is Of Course An Artist, But Being An Artist Does Not Mean That He Or She Can Make The Profile, Can Shape The Students. What The Educator Does In Teaching Is To Make It Possible For The Students To Become Themselves.

Finally, It Is Important To Make It Clear That Imagination Is Not An Exercise For Those Detached From Reality, Those Who Live In The Air. On The Contrary, When We Imagine Something, We Do It Necessarily Conditioned By A Lack In Our Concrete Reality. When Children Imagine Free And Happy Schools, It Is Because Their Real Schools Deny Them Freedom And Happiness.

Being Tolerant Does Not Mean Acquiescing To The Intolerable; It Does Not Mean Covering Up Disrespect; It Does Not Mean Coddling The Aggressor Or Disguising Aggression. Tolerance Is The Virtue That Teaches Us To Live With The Different. It Teaches Us To Learn From And Respect The Different.