William Glasser Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.”

“If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.”

“The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much or how fast you teach. The true measure is how much students have learned.”

“Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.”

“Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.”

“You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.”

“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 another student for help.”

“Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.”

“I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.”

“I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.”