BubbaNub: Giroux

      Giroux's model for a "border pedagogy" is an interesting one that combines the politics of voice within a more critical framework of education.  I agree with Giroux as he examines the notion that "we have become a society that appears to demand less rather than more of democracy" (384).  Everyday we are bombarded by distractions and entertainment, which all come together to help us forget our rights and responsibility to our nation.  In Giroux's model, education would need to start as critical thinking, not just with the students, but also with the teachers.  Schools should be democratic public spheres where we critically examine our nation and have the opportunity to challenge and transform it rather than conform.

     Clearly today this is not the case.  A large portion of schools, particularly the under-funded urban schools, merely churn out more factory workers and ditch diggers who are unaware of the ideological processes that have shaped their future.  Critical pedagogy is a language, one that works to clarify the tainted language that is used on a daily basis.  By giving students and teachers this framework and the skills to properly analyze our society, we can begin to break down the root of sexism and racism.  Giroux says that we need to exercise our critical radical voice, because using the same language we are taught from the beginning condemns us to silence.