Well, his was a very interesting assignment indeed. Paulo Freire was much more then just a man who felt the need to educate the poor, he was a man that built and help promote the idea that students were far more than just empty banks that need to be filled with information and facts. Though, not the originator of this concept its impact on learning can not be understated. From what I can gather we can all thank Mr. Freire for critical thinking and the idea that challenging the norm can open ones own mind to new trains of thoughts and provide individuals with fuller lives. Though, I am not convinced that all the concepts and history that have been attached to critical pedagogy are ideas that I wholly subscribe to, they can not be dismissed outright and deserve a good look.
When I thought of Paulo Freire I never once thought of the Black Consciousness movement or apartheid for that matter, but there was his work in the trenches change. I found his whole idea of teaching colonized populations outside the ideals and concepts of the colonial oppressors to be outstanding and very productive in that it allows the native population to keep their identity while at the same time having outside influences around them would help empower them and kind of level the playing field. Lets face it what is important in my life and education may not be the same as the needs as say the indigenous people of our own nation. I feel if they are educated in their own native customs while living in American society it will only lead to more well-rounded and confident native populations. Inferiority has no place in education. I think Steve Biko owes Mr. Freire a debt of gratitude.
The third and final thing I found fascinating about Mr. Freire was the amount of love and compassion that seemed to flow from this man. In the pictures of him with his wife they both seem to glow and enjoy their lives work together which began in 1944 after their marriage. The pair had five children and I have began to wonder more and more about the personal life of this man. If you just look at the number of places he lived and posts he filled around the world one can help but wonder how this would affect his family and personal life. I know my final paragraph is a little off the mark of what our instructor requested of us, but I want to know more about his personal life. I mean some have called him a hero, some a plagiarist, Marxist, and the list could go on and on with how many things this man appears to mean to so many different people a from Brazil to Cambridge, MA my old stomping grounds. So, I think more research and right ups will follow regardless of our assignments.

Source
1.http://www.paulofreire.org/Capa/WebHome
2.http://www.ukzn.ac.za/cae/pfi/index.htm
3.http://criticalpedagogy.org.il/Default.aspx?alias=criticalpedagogy.org.il/english