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I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.
William Glasser
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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
Psychiatrist
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Cleveland
Ohio
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