The banking model, described by Friere, is a system of which the teacher “deposits” information into their predecessors. This system isn’t perfect but is implemented into everyday life in other places other than a classroom setting.

The system empowers the voice of the “teacher” position. The one who leads or provides the guidance and successfully imprints their information into those students is in the place of power because they have the ability and unchallenged credibility to make statements whether they are one hundred percent factual or not. This disempowers the students because they go on to repeat what they have gained from that person and could be told misleading information they are told to believe in.

This model is very common in my education route. Almost every teacher follow the guidelines in which society dictates they are the one who can’t be disputed through pure authority. Certainly, this method has worked when my teachers took on a creative approach to ease the loads of information conveyed through the daily work. There are clear disadvantages to this method as well. Some of which I have encountered was that the teacher wasn’t clear with the information they tried to teach and also they didn’t seem very well educated in the subject themselves. They sometimes would side track and end up costing the whole class valuable notes that were very significant on a final exam. Other times included the teacher with a lack of interest and engagement to connect with the class and thus left the class uninterested in focusing on the class; many put their focus elsewhere like playing on their phones and angering the teacher even more.