Paulo Freire Narration Sickness

Teachers are dehumanized from the fear of low student achievement. Therefore, teachers are subjected to higher levels of regulation from the government. Regulations in education is important to the contributing factors of failing educators. They suffer from restrictions, regulations, the very format of teaching itself, as well as Narration Sickness. To Paulo Freire students suffer from Narration Sickness as they listen repeatedly to the teachers and their nonchalant teachings. Teachers however, suffer from Narration Sickness too, but in the form of structure. Narration Sickness is Paulo Freire’s terminology for repetition in the relationship between teacher and student. Narration Sickness is in fact a repetition in itself. The term Narration

The law states that no corporal punishment may be inflicted, but the exact words used in the VIII amendment are “-nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted,”4 is slapping a child cruel or unusual? So in this case, the point is not truly stated, would it be against the law for a teacher to slap a child? The answer is no, although not moral in todays age, the law does not say it is illegal. Regulations in schools themselves or even the state-rather than federal level-prevent this however, enforcing the law with a more defined meaning. In Missouri, the law states that corporal punishment is “hitting, slapping, spanking, and other forms of physical contact meant to inflict momentary pain in the interest of discipline and/or control.”5 Regulations can protect children, but can they protect the adults teaching them? A physical fight between two students could mean a teachers job. Teachers can not intervene by disrupting any students with contact. If they are attacked though, can they interfere with the abuse then? “According the U.S. Department of Education, 127,120 (4 percent) public school teachers (K-12) were physically attacked at school—hit, kicked, bitten, slapped, stabbed or shot—during the 2007-08 school year. Another 222,460 teachers (7 percent) were threatened by students with acts of violence.”6 The teachers were assaulted, but because of laws restraining their own abuse, they could not protect themselves. Teachers are people. In any other profession, if attacked, the person holding the position would be able to fight back. Because the people involved in any circumstance in the teaching