If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

Quote by William Glasser

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What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

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...

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

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.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application,...

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application,...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

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...

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...

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

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...

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really...

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really...

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be...

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be...

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...

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.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

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...

If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right...

If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...