I Am An Educator Who Thinks Globally.

Because Love Is An Act Of Courage, Not Of Fear, Love Is A Commitment To Others. No Matter Where The Oppressed Are Found, The Act Of Love Is Commitment To Their Cause--the Cause Of Liberation.

The Educator Has The Duty Of Not Being Neutral.

Authentic Thinking, Thinking That Is Concerned About Reality, Does Not Take Place In Ivory Tower Isolation, But Only In Communication. If It Is True That Thought Has Meaning Only When Generated By Action Upon The World, The Subordination Of Students To Teachers Becomes Impossible.

One Cannot Expect Positive Results From An Educational Or Political Action Program Which Fails To Respect The Particular View Of The World Held By The People. Such A Program Constitutes Cultural Invasion, Good Intentions Notwithstanding.

The Parent-child Relationship In The Home Usually Reflects The Objective Cultural Conditions Of The Surrounding Social Structure. If The Conditions Which Penetrate The Home Are Authoritarian, Rigid, And Dominating, The Home Will Increase The Climate Of Oppression. As These Authoritarian Relations Between Parents And Children Intensify, Children In Their Infancy Increasingly Internalize The Paternal Authority.