The assumptions we hold about the nature of humanity function as the platform upon which all other suppositions are made
about social behavior in social theory. The paper shows that of particular importance to psychologist Sigmund Freud was how human nature shapes ideas about the relationship between ourselves and our social world. Because of this, it is necessary to teach the control of the self, the
repression of urges, that would be a detriment to the broader society. The paper discusses how Freud believed that the best way to accomplish this process of repression of natural urges is through the childhood
socialization process - an idea that educators have taken strongly to heart. This paper therefore examines the continuing presence of Freud's theory of socialization in our modern educational system.