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

Quote by William Glasser

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Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk...

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

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...

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be...

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be...

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.

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.