Although both writers believe there is a flaw in modern education, they come to this conclusion in separate ways. Freire predominantly believes that it is the education system that holds students back, while Percy believes that students are to blame for refusing to leave “the beaten path.” Regardless of the individual problem that both writers perceive as wrong, Freire and Percy come to the same conclusion that students are losing their individuality. Students and teachers must come together to fight for the change they deserve and to overcome the preset system that prevents them from achieving greatness. Freire emphasizes that true “knowledge emerges only through invention and reinvention, through the restless, impatient, continuous, and hopeful inquiry that human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other” (72). With these newly discovered reform ideas, students will not be forced by their oppressors to express who they truly are: