Academic Attitude

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a habit. Rather, instead of memorizing material to perform well
on a test, or regurgitate it into a paper, the pupil synthesizes the information
presented, relating it to other things, hence, learning about the subject.
Information, then, is no longer strictly exchanged from teacher to student. It
allows the learner to open her mind, liberalizing it, allowing deeper thought
into the subject. Approaching learning with a free mind demonstrates quality
academic attitude.
It is commonly believed that education is based on the fact that a
student is to handed information by the teacher (Freire 23). It is as if the
teacher is saying,

I am an expert, and if I assume that the important fact about my
knowledge is that I am indeed an expert, my way of speaking to
you, who are not an expert but a beginning student, is always
going to be along the lines of: "I have what you want. Here is
what I know and you should learn" (Sale 13).

When the student is hand fed ...

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