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"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."
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"Trying to educate the dumb with a dumb teacher is nothing but washing the dirty clothes in a dirty water!"

"Use two-way communication on oral exams to check the students' knowledge, not their attitudes. Checking attitudes can lead to the slippery area of subjective assessment."

"Education without inspiration is only a recipe for desperation."

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
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"What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher."


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


"When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label."


"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."


"If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right for anyone else, the world would be a much happier place."


"Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no."


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


"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."


"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."
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