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As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.

William Glasser

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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Cleveland
Ohio
Long
Schools
Educational
Families
Opportunities
Goal
Affluence
Knowledge
Affluent
Opportunity
Acquiring
School
Limited

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