What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

Quote by William Glasser

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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...

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....

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 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.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

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.

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it...

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it...

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 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...

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.

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...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...

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.

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....

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...