Complex sentence: He states that students have previously been lulled into a sense of complacency by the circumstances of everyday life, and that through the processes of the classroom, they can begin to envision and strive for something different for themselves.
Split into simpler sentences: He states that students have previously been lulled into a sense of complacency by the circumstances of everyday life and through the processes of the classroom. They can begin to envision and strive for something different for themselves.