We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

Quote by William Glasser

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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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any...

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any...

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics...

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics...

When we love there is no reason why.

When we love there is no reason why.

Death is natural and necessary, but not just. It is a random force of nature;...

Death is natural and necessary, but not just. It is a random force of nature;...