"I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge."

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Insight & Reflection

When William Glasser speaks about philosophy, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of philosophy in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About William Glasser

William Glasser was an American psychiatrist. He was the developer of W. Edwards Deming's workplace ideas, reality therapy and choice theory. His innovations for individual counseling, work environments and school, highlight personal choice, personal responsibility and personal transformation. Glasser positioned himself in opposition to conventional mainstream psychiatrists, who focus instead on classifying psychiatric syndromes as "illnesses" and prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental disorders.

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