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Today much of what we call education is merely knowledge gathering and remembering. Problem solving and thinking, never strong parts of our educational system, have been downgraded in all but a few scientific subjects.

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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Scientific
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Parts
Problem
Merely
Today
Subjects
Downgraded
Much
System
Solving
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Education
Remembering
Thinking
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Gathering
Knowledge
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