Sean\nRedding <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Power <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            As Freire suggests in his analysis\nof education, progress results from a student\u2019s own power, not from a professor\nchanging their actions. It is the individual student\u2019s responsibility for their\nown success, and at WCU, resources for student independence and individuality\nare plentiful. College as a whole is not just shaping pathways for student\neducation, but also allows students to grow independent by living apart from\nparents on campus, independence in the classroom, and joining the countless\ncampus activities that WCU has to offer. In doing these things, students are\nable to gain a whole new aspect on life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Different students learn in\ndifferent ways. A key to performing successfully as a student is to identify\nyour own learning style. At WCU, professors are expected to teach thousands of\ndifferent students per week, and each student has a different way of learning.\nThis means that the professor cannot be expected to teach in a way fit for each\nstudent\u2019s mind. In instances like this, it is up to the student to study on\ntheir own terms in ways that are compatible with their own learning styles.\n\u201cProblem- posing education, as a humanist and liberating praxis, posits as\nfundamental that the people subjected to domination must fight for their\nemancipation. To that end, it enables teachers and students to become subjects\nof the educational process by overcoming authoritarianism and alienating\nintellectualism\u201d (Freire, pg 6-8). Students at WCU are offered many supports in\ntheir independence in education and in life, as WCU offers learning amenities\nsuch as success coaching, and tutoring. Students who use all of these given\nresources will definitely be able to improve and work independently in their\neducational process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Another way in which a student may\nachieve emancipation is by taking advantage of the numerous clubs and sports\nthat WCU has to offer. In high school, students had the same friend groups for\nyears and are now being thrown into college alone. While this may be stressful\nfor some, it is also extremely beneficial to the emancipation process. Making\nnew friends and joining clubs allows a student to find their own individuality\nand allows people to find other students who can relate to them. As stated by\nFreire, \u201cThe truth is, however, that the oppressed are not \u2018marginals\u2019, are not\npeople living \u2018outside\u2019 society. They have always been \u2018inside\u2019- inside the\nstructure which made them \u2018beings for others.\u2019 The solution is not to\n\u2018integrate\u2019 them into the structure of oppression, but to transform that\nstructure so that they can become \u2018beings for themselves\u2019\u201d (Freire, p. 2-4). I\nbelieve this quote clearly supports the reason that through finding\nindividuality comes emancipation and independence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            In conclusion, students have many\nopportunities to gain emancipation at WCU. Through understanding Freire\u2019s ideas\nand analysis of education, I propose that students may be able to find their\nneeded independence at West Chester University through the plethora of student\nclubs and organizations, as well as through learning and obtaining their own\nindividual learning styles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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