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Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

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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Teaching
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Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.
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