William Glasser
William Glasser
William Glasserwas an American psychiatrist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
CountryUnited States of America
empowering use use-of-power
The ultimate use of power is to empower others.
choices moments that-moment
Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.
choices our-lives
We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.
choices becoming misery
It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.
information
What we get, and all we ever get, from the outside is information; how we choose to act on this information is up to us.
teacher retirement talking
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.
strong pain giving-up
Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.
responsibility challenges intellectual
To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.
crazy book thinking
They have this big book called the 'DSM-IV,' you know, that is supposedly written about crazy people, but I think it is a book that is written by crazy people!
teacher interesting-conversation perspective
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.
depressing believe feelings
When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.
strong educational thinking
Today much of what we call education is merely knowledge gathering and remembering. Problem solving and thinking, never strong parts of our educational system, have been downgraded in all but a few scientific subjects.
teaching test-scores tests
If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.
disaster holes golfers
A friend of mine, a dedicated golfer, shot a hole in one playing by himself. Disaster.