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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
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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
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