Pedagogy of the Oppressed is my favorite book yet I have a bad habit of being arrogant and condescending. How do I fix this?

I have theories as to why I have this problem:

When I was ten years old I got diagnosed with a learning disability, which happened after taking official testing over two days with a psychologist.

They told me I had an IQ in the 98th percentile, which means I was labeled as a genius.

That got to my head.

As a ten year old I literally believed I was going to be the smartest kid and eventually smartest human.

I stopped studying and putting effort into school since I could breeze through high school easily enough.

But college was difficult, especially with unstructured free time and having ADHD (diagnosed when I was seventeen).

I never finished college, and I’m now in my 30s.

So I have superiority/inferiority complex.

I put a very high value on intelligence and I consider myself sapiosexual even though I know that’s elitist.

And act all smart, arrogant and condescending, even though I try to stop.

I’m aware of all these habits and why I have them

But I don’t know how to change them.

How do I change these habits and stop being arrogant and condescending???

I’ve always wanted to be a college professor. But I don’t even have a bachelors.

How do teachers not be arrogant and condescending???

I feel like knowing how to do this is part of the essence of Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

I read this book around 2013 but I still consider it my favorite book.

Thank you very much

what do you think about the fact that many universitied programs, like Economics (in EU), are very prestigious, therefore in order to have access to the program you need very good high school grades and the failing rate is 50%.

I honestly think that the failure rate signifies a big problem in the educational systems where teachers are failing their aim of educating and society wants to keep this gap between normal students and priviledged and prestigious students. I really think that this is embedded with systems of power and "depositarian" concepts of education (Freire).

Others, on contrary, think that simply:

1. the more students the more money so it doesn't make sense to think that they try to keep it accessible only for elite
2. it's simply very hard so very few are capable and deserve to graduate in economics

IM REFERRING TO PUBLIC (FREE) HIGHER EDUCATION

what do you think?

Wolfgang Klafki's critical-constructive didactics pertain to categorical education, 'opening the world', exemplary education, and a focus on key issues of society like communication technology, inequality, etc.

What do you think Klafki would say about social media, and its relevance in regards to teaching in a pedagogical context?

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(I know Klafki passed away in 2016, when social media was around, but have not found any direct comments of his on his form of media)

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 4 posts:

• "The Learning System: A Decentralized Alternative to Education" by u/henrikolofkarlsson
• "Happy Cakeday, r/CriticalPedagogy! Today you're 9" by u/AutoModerator
• "How I Got Some Autism Awareness by Surrendering" by u/mister-jep
• "Chatting w/ Middle-English Manuscripts About Teaching Controversial Topics" by u/onlydogontheleft

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "Critical Pedagogy Beyond Humanism - After Paulo Freire" by u/nowterritory
• "Pedagogy of the Oppressed - by an Australian educator" by u/Tristosterone
• "Paulo Freire - 100yrs FREE LIVE STREAM May 2nd, 2021" by u/Artistic-Woodpecker2
• "Paulo Freire and Popular Struggle in South Africa • The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research" by u/MisterBobsonDugnutt
• "50th Anniversary of Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Nita Freire, Henry Giroux, Donaldo Macedo, Antonia Darder and Sheila Macrine. Aera NYC" by u/AntonioMachado
• "Artistic Aspirations, Capitalist Realism & Bullsh*t Jobs: F*ck You, Pay Me" by u/bicentenniallo
• "Why don't employers just offer more money if they're so short on workers?" by u/jonpaladin
• "Wayne Au - Multicultural Education Has Never Been Enough" by u/Turbulent_Friend1551
• "Call for Contributions: A Global Visual Handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Counterstrategies" by u/anarchiaz
• "Looking for a tutor for Pedagogy of the Oppressed" by u/Auntie_Dogma

It's in the title, thanks ya'll!!!

I’m an (mostly) autodidact; fairly well read and a critical thinker. I don’t have the money nor use for college but I’ve become deeply enamored with Paulo Freire’s work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

I’m looking for a college level professor who’s interested in a teacher-student/student-teacher relationship to help me better grok this text. I’m willing to pay (or donate in lieu) a fair stipend for the help.

I anticipate something along the lines of a weekly discussion. I’m open to professors with an established lesson plan but much more interested in a teacher-student who is comfortable approaching this in a more Freirean problem-posing approach. Thanks!

Paulo Freire - 100yrs FREE LIVE STREAM May 2, 2021 at 1pm EDT

Nita Freire, Henry Giroux, Antonia Darder, Donaldo Macedo, Sheila Macrine, Peter McLaren, Inny Accioly

Come and celebrate Paulo Freire 's 100 years and over 50 years since the publication of “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.” This panel brings together the most prominent and important figures in the furtherance of Paulo Freire’s pedagogy and the evolution of Critical Pedagogy.

We go LIVE at 1PM NY Time- https://youtu.be/TvMmekU2lxQ

We go live at 1pm EDT (New York); 10am (Los Angeles); 6pm (London), 8pm (Athens), 14h (Rio).