in school and plan the choices that lead to it". For example, Johnny Waits is an 18-year-old high school senior and plans on attending college to become a computer programmer. Glasser suggests Johnny could be learning as much as he can about computers instead of reading Plato. This concept is called quality curriculum, which connects students with practical real world topics, chosen by the student according to their leanings. Topics with actual career potential are most encouraged. Under Glasser's strategy, teachers hold discussions with students when introducing new topics asking them to identify what they would like to explore in depth. As part of the process, students need to explain why the material is valuable in life. Education Glasser was not a supporter of Summerhill. Most quality schools he supervised had very conventional curriculum topics. The main innovation was a deeper, humanistic approach to group process between teacher, student and learning. Critiques In a book review, Christopher White writes, "Dr. Glasser postulates that everything contained in the DSM-IV-TR is a result of an individual's brain creatively expressing its unhappiness. Dr. Glasser demonizes the entire profession as charlatans who have been brainwashed by their predecessors or who simply misrepresent many of the psychiatric illnesses to patients as having a biological basis. Despite claiming to have an appendix full of references demonstrating there is no evidence medications have a role in curing mental illness, the book simply relies on a core group of anti-establishment authors. However, what is noticeably absent from the book is a set of randomized clinical trials demonstrating the success of his teachings." See also Cognitive psychology Introspection illusion Léopold Szondi References Bourbon, W. Thomas and Ford, Ed. (1994) Discipline at Home and at School. Brandt: New York. Personal observations (1996–2005). Teacher. Centennial High School, Champaign, Illinois. Weinstein, Jay. (2000). "The Place of Theory in Applied Sociology: A Reflection." Theory and Science 1, 1. External links The William Glasser Institute official website The Sudbury Valley School official website Cognitive science