Critical Pedagogy

There is so many things that you can say about critical pedagogy.  The problem, or good thing about it, is that there is no right or wrong way to define it.  It is all about what you believe it to be, which was confusing to me at first, but it got me to really think about what I thought it meant.  I believe that it means to  think about how we live our lives and as teachers what we teach.  Do we teach on our own terms, or do we teach from our experiences, and ultimately end up teaching like our previous teachers?  A term that is very important to understand and that was said in the reading was culture.  That word is thrown around so much and do we really know what it means?  I was taught it meant something different than us.  Like the Native American Culture, or African American Culture.  Many people preach to learn about different cultures, but don't do anything to help us learn about it.  Classes still teach with an air of white superiority over other cultures, and I don't learn anything positive about other people's cultures.  When we become teachers, we really have to learn about other cultures, and more importantly, appreciate those cultures.  I want all my students to feel like I understand them and accept every culture even if it is different from my own.