1a. Not such a bad guess, but Freire was no guerrilla. Please read the material or just pick another answer

1b. Right! Brazil changed governments several times in the 1960s, and one of them jailed him! Please skip to the next question

1c. No bombmaker he. Please read the material or just pick another answer

1d. It's common for ruling elites to claim that people's advocates are hypnotists. But Freire wasn't one. Please read the material or just pick another answer

2a. Right, but there's more. Please read the material or just pick another answer

2f: RIGHT! The forces of domination are the forces of ignorance, too. Please skip to the next question

3a. RIGHT! This is a lot different from a typical American school isn't it? Please skip to the next question

3b. Wasn't what Freire wanted. It's what televangelists want, though. Please read the material or just pick another answer

3c. The blank slate idea came from Europe centuries ago, and is still popular in pedagogical circles.Please read the material or just pick another answer

3d. It sounds crazy, but some educational philosophy rests on the idea that older people are all corrupt and thus must learn "purity" from children. Please read the material or just pick another answer

4a. Some teachers like to see themselves this way, maybe. Please read the material or just pick another answer

4b. Some teachers, like some newspaper reporters, like to think that they have no personal opinions, or that they can suppress them. Not Freire. Please read the material or just pick another answer

4c. Some teachers, like some newspaper reporters, like to think that they have no personal opinions, or that they can suppress them. Not Freire. Please read the material or just pick another answer

4d. RIGHT! They learn from each other. Please skip to the next question

5a. Symantics really is important in understanding and mis-understanding the world. We might need a module on it. But it wasn't Freire's chief concern. Please read the material or just pick another answer

5b. I confess it was a trick answer. Those who think that anything is independent of the physical world might want to review our module on materialism and idealism. Please read the material or just pick another answer

5c. I confess it was a trick answer. Those who think that nothing is real might want to review our module on materialism and idealism. Please read the material or just pick another answer

5d. RIGHT! All good teachers know that they have to take students from "where they are." Freire actually codified it in the teaching of basic literacy. Please skip to the next question

6a. Actually, I think Freire taught people more about the democracy that they DON'T have. Please read the material or just other answer

6b. I confess it was a trick answer. Those who think that nothing is real might want to review our module on materialism and idealism. Please read the material or just pick another answer

6c. RIGHT! I think Thomas Jefferson is often quoted as saying that democracy requires an enlightened populace. Here are a couple of good statements from good old Abraham Lincoln concerning oppression and democracy: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy." Also, "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." Thanks for working this little module. Your feedback would help us improve the on-line Little School.

6d. Okay, it was a trick answer. Democracy is a system of government and socialism is an economic system. They don't oppose one another, no matter how hard the capitalists try to convince us of it! Socialism has been defined, and rightly so, as an extension of democracy into economics. Please read the material or just pick another answer