“The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.”

—  Paulo Freire

Source: We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

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educator and philosopher 1921–1997

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