Analysis Of Richard Rodriguez's 'The Achievement Of Desire'

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Andy Lai
Mr. Alvarez
ENG 1A:6
10 March 2014
The Crisis in Our Education Systems
Some people realize that an education could open up doors that will lead to the life that they desire; however, others view education as shackles that keep them from doing what they want to be doing. Nevertheless, the seriousness of one’s education varies from person to person. In his essay, “The Achievement of Desire”, Richard Rodriguez describes his experience of being a part of the “Banking Concept” and a “Scholarship Boy” throughout his many years of schooling and how it forced him to choose between an education or his culture and family. In the “Banking Concept” Paulo Freire said that “Implicit in the banking concept is the assumption of a dichotomy between human beings and the world; a person is merely in the world not with the world or with others; the person is spectator not re-creator.” With that, Freire would most likely interpret Rodriguez’s education as not fully assimilated into the “Banking Concept”, due to the development that Rodriguez underwent through his journey in his education, star...

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