Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Upon reading this chapter, I found myself in a love/hate relationship with the author's voice. I definitely agree with the issue of nutritive teaching, since it doesn't promote the critical thinking that students should be doing, particularly on the secondary level. However, I dislike the politicized way in which Freire approaches the issue. It seemed to me that he was focused more on the Libertarian ideology that he promotes instead of on the issue of narrative pedagogy. Overall, I definitely agree with the finer points Freire makes, and it gives me a clear idea of why educators should avoid narrative pedagogy, but I feel like his use of hyperbole and heavy bias results in a weak argument.
One of the biggest points Freire makes that I agree with is that teachers should not assume absolute ignorance on the part of the students. This ignores all of the experiences, ideas, and opinions that the students have, resulting in a distinct lack of student voice in the classroom. I think this can set up teachers for failure, as students who are force-fed facts and data lack the ability to perform thoughtful inquiry that is needed to develop cognitive thinking.
However, I feel like Freire assumes that all teachers operate in this way. While this may have been true in the past, the development of inquiry-based teaching methods results in teachers who are prepared to learn as much as they are to teach. I found it frustrating that he groups all educators in the category of "banking teachers", implying that it is the individual teachers who are creating the automatons he refers to. I think that Freire assumes that all of the issues in education rest on the shoulders of educators, and while educators play a big role in development, I think he has this idea that teachers are lazy and are not trying to implement teaching methods that promote deep and critical thinking. I don't think this is true at all, and is more an issue with the way standards were developed previously. With common core state standards, I think the ability of teachers to use teaching methods that require students to come to their own conclusions is far more common than previously seen, and I feel Freire's idea of what education is like is rather outdated and simplistic.