Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject…

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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....

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it.

Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it.

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...

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...

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...