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To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

William Glasser

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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Cleveland
Ohio
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Certainty
Challenge
Intellectual
Challenges
Avoidance
Responsibility
Counter
Education
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Domination

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