We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

Quote by William Glasser

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Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives....

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives....

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help...

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help...

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God...

Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God...

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning...

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning...

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to...

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than...

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between...

Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between...

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the...

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the...

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of...

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of...

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help...

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help...