![]() Paulo Freire explores his early passion for, and practice of, teaching, along with his learning about sharp class differences (57-58). ![]() He admits to frequent missteps and frustrations as his model of learning and social interaction unfolded. Myles Horton relates growing up loving reading and being frustrated by school, struggling to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, loving books then distancing himself from them, loving and learning from his wife, gradually developing a community-based school, then helping spin off Citizenship Schools. “Formative Years” describes how these two great educators started on their respective paths. In the brief opening chapter the offer some initial thoughts about the project, then get down to business. ![]() The text is almost entirely a conversation between Horton and Freire, a spoken book (3). To read previous posts about this reading, including explanations of what we’re up to, click here. In this post I’ll offer a summary of the reading, followed by some reflections and discussion questions. In this post we can discuss the first two chapters, “Introduction” and “Formative Years”, along with the book’s front matter and anything else that pertains. ![]() Welcome to our book club’s reading of We Make the Road by Walking. ![]()
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