William Glasser Quotes

American - Psychologist | May 11, 1925 - August 23, 2013

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

William Glasser

WorkWillHumanSheAbilityPay

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system.

William Glasser

YearLongNothingTeachersPayKeep

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest passing grade in the real world is competence. Why do schools accept so much less?

William Glasser

WorkWorldHelpYouWhyAccept

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.

William Glasser

QualitySchoolCompetitionLosing

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

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TimeJobSchoolWorldPrisonDone

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.

William Glasser

GoodSchoolPreparationHelp Others

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 the prospective teacher wants to talk about.

William Glasser

TeacherInterestingConversationTalk

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.

William Glasser

TeacherQualitySchoolBookHelp

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

William Glasser

EducationYouTestWillImprove

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

William Glasser

EducationKnowledgeThinkPicture

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 student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.

William Glasser

EducationRelationshipTeacherPush

Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.

William Glasser

FriendsSomeoneYouSexWouldMarry

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