Posted Note Blog

The paragraph I made my posted note is on page 108. The paragraph basically states that life is characterized by growth and development. Then it states that "the necrophilous person is driven by the desire to transform the organic into the inorganic, to approach life mechanically, as if all living persons were things... Memory, rather than experience; having, rather than being, is what counts." Later it goes on to say that person can relate to an object, flower, or a person only if he possesses it. "If he loses possession he loses contact with the world." "He loves control, and in the act of controlling he kills life." Now I will go on to explain this and how it relates to the banking education system. This person is basically enabling themselves. The reason this person is enabling themselves because they are closed minded. They aren't trying to see new ideas. They are doing harm to themselves. The necrophilous person is not giving themselves a chance to grow and become wiser. This person is usually stuck in their ways. To say that this person is driven by the desire to transform the organic into the inorganic is saying they are taking away from the natural flowing and is using life's course with a mechanical mind set which is repetitive with no growth. Memory rather than experience is basically hinting at nothing new. Living in the past not getting out and trying new things. To say having rather than being is saying that the necrophilous person cares about possessions rather than being there in alive in the moment. That brings me to my next point which is the necrophilous person can relate to life only if he owns it. The last part is self-explanatory obviously that person loves control so much that he is killing life. He is not being able to growth. That paragraph stuck out to me so much because we all know people who lives this way. They care more about being in control and owning things rather than being natural in the world trying new things. Their life if so repetitive it is scary. Doing the same thing all the time you get no growth you can't open new doors by continuously going down the same hall. In fact you are alive because your heart is beating and all but you're dead at the same time because you are not making progress. Now the question is how does the banking education system relates to this all? The book states that "the teacher presents himself to his students as their necessary opposite; by considering their ignorance absolute, he justifies his own experience," By the teacher thinking he knows it all and cannot learn from the students he limits himself. He cannot grow in that manner. The students are like his possessions in a sense because they don't have a voice. They are like slaves. The teacher is not able to grow there isn't dialogue between the teacher and student because the teacher thinks that he knows everything. By the teacher having a higher position than the student the student will always be beneath in a sense, but so will the teacher because he is not open to new experiences/ new view points.