Higher Education Education is one of the key ingredients to building a solid foundation for a successful future; not enough importance is given to education at a young age. However, another question arises: how much should we push our children? They are children after all. On the other hand, the absence of interaction between student and teacher can cause our children to grow up to be mindless drones. There needs to be a student-teacher relationship, not a dictatorship. Students are not just vessels to be filled with knowledge; they are alive and must be able to grow on their own. Without interaction and life experiences, the materials taught are stored away, but not understood. We would do without thinking, feeling and reacting without thinking. The question to ask is not whether we are educated, but: do we know how to educate? In The Banking Concept of Education, Paulo Freir states that “[e]ducation [has] become an act of deposit (319). " The banking concept is used to lead children towards a preordained destiny. That is, not a destiny that they themselves have chosen. The problem with education today is that teachers have lost sight of what is important. Many teachers have become increasingly more political; making sure the material is covered and that students can regurgitate the information. Even if the student knows how to recite the material, the problem is that he or she often does not understand it. initial mastery certificate) only promote this type of "teaching". These tests only test in one dimension: they only show what a student knows, not what a student has learned There is no... half of the paper... that must adapt accordingly to each student. Each student is different just as each teacher's teaching style is different also by the student. Work Cited Dewey, John. "On education" A world of ideas. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. 234-243. Emerson Waldo, Ralph . "Thinking In Education" A world of ideas. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. 300-310. Freire, Paolo. "The banking concept of education" A world of ideas. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Boston: Bedford/St.Martins, 2006. 318-331.Montaigne Eyguem de, Michel. "On the education of children" A world of ideas. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. 234-243.Montessori, Maria. "The Montessori Method" A world of ideas. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. 284-294.