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 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,...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...