In Paulo Freire’s “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” he outlines the inefficient and oppressive nature of modern education. Friere posits that modern education is of narrative manner, in that the teacher, or narrator, narrates to a listening person, the student. This flow of education is one way, from teacher to student. The teacher 's objective is to narrate to the student until the student is full of their information or put in terms of banking, deposit their knowledge in the bank, student. This type of education is damaging for numerous reason, but most importantly, the student does not understand what they are being taught and the significance of it, they only memorize. Essentially, if the student can recite “four times four is sixteen;