“ To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It has happened to all of us; we are its victims, are we have no control over it. William Glasser
“ 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. William Glasser
“ 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 co… William Glasser
“ When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style. William Glasser
“ Choice Theory explains that, for all practical purposes, we choose everything we do. William Glasser
“ We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts. William Glasser
“ What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now. William Glasser
“ We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. William Glasser
“ Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective… William Glasser
“ Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced. William Glasser
“ In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or… William Glasser
“ This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. William Glasser
“ What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher. William Glasser
“ I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture. William Glasser
“ I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. William Glasser
“ If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve. William Glasser
“ Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the st… William Glasser