The "Banking" Concept of Education- Becoming

            One of the most interesting ideas I have come across in this essay is Freire speaking of becoming. The idea of becoming is one of several examples from Freire's idea of problem-posing education. Becoming is defined as men and woman in an unfinished, uncompleted stage with a likewise unfinished reality. Apparently we are aware of our incompleteness and this unfinished character of humans and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity. I definitely agree with this idea! I feel that my education continues because I need to keep learning. I feel incomplete without that knowledge and I am sure many of us feel that way as well. We go to college with the hope of receiving some higher learning, hoping that we would be able to fulfill more gaps in our minds in order to feel complete.
          However, no matter how much we strive to go and look for more education, our learning never ceases to stop, thus our lives are just filled with more gaps. When we have a child, as a parent you start to learn how to manage the necessities of a baby. You are educating yourself in a real life scenario rather than just reading in a book how to manage a child. Day in and day out we are all learning about something new, no matter how old you may get, or how "educated" you may feel, there is always something new to be learned. That is where Freire is trying to get with the concept of becoming. We are trying to be the most educated versions of ourselves and we learn in so many different ways. That is why becoming is in the form of a gerund, because it is a verb and a noun. We are doing the action of becoming, but at the same time it is the subject of our lives. To be able to be that person, the person with more knowledge than some.