i think much of what she says about education in here is already standard in the university where i study, where most of my professors follow paulo freire's conceptions about teaching (being ourselves brazilians as he was) and so much of what was said were things i was already aware of and things that i already to try to put into my own practice as a teacher. but i imagine back when this book was published, education wasn't the way it is today, and, either way, this book is worth the reading for the way hooks looks at education.
ps. it is ironic that the professor who recommended this book to our class last semester is one of the few of my professors that doesn't seem to follow bell hooks' teachings lmao.