Rhetorical Analysis of "The Banking Concept of Education"

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is that students are just like empty jars that need to be filled with the teacher's infinite knowledge. Yet another one is that students should be passive, meaning that they just take in the knowledge the teacher gives them. They do not question or think about what they have just learned. Another conclusion he was able to derive was that since students are empty and do not know anything, then students and teachers are complete opposites.
So far all of his logic has been sound, but there is one section in his essay where he takes it too far by claiming the knowledge teachers give is a gift. He comes to the conclusion that "In the banking concept of education, knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing" (Friere 1). The knowledge given to students is called a gift when it really is not a gift. If knowledge from the teacher is a true gift, then the teacher would not expect to get paid or compensated ...

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