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

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