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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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...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

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.

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.

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...

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....

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...

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....

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

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.

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...

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 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...

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.

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to...

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to...

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

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

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...

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

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...

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...