BlogPost 6

"Because banking education begins with a false understanding of men and women as objects, it cannot promote the development of what Fromm calls "biophily," but instead produces its
 opposite "necrophily"(Educational Foundations, 108)

This quote meant a lot to me because it came back to the topic in class we’d discussed early on about seeing each student as an individual. If you view students as objects how can they reach there full potential. I had to look up the definitions of biophily and necrophily to fully understand this quote. Biophily means life and necrophily means death. Fromm is literally stating that if you view students as objects you are creating an atmosphere in which there creative ideas will die. Every student is different and unique. If we refuse to see the differences in a person as special and important we erase what makes them really them. 

An object is a form of labeling. The more you label something, the less it can be used in a creative way. An example of this is a chair. The definition of a chair is a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs. From this definition we can determine that it’s something we use to sit in. So what if I decide to sit on the ground and want to use a chair as a table? I can do this but according to the definition it’s not the proper use of a chair. We live in a world that loves to put labels on everything. If we step back and refrain from labeling even a little bit, maybe someone or something will find purpose in a completely abstract and new way. If we view students as nothing other than objects, they loose some of their potential to become a unique individual with ideas no one except them could have come up with.