She told me that those principles are centered on Dr. William Glasser's psychologically based management system, called Control Theory and Reality. What those formidable words come down to is basic common sense. People have to learn to control themselves. Early on, you have to teach children that they are responsible for themselves . By way of example, she told of an exchange she frequently has with students.
Some parents have to be taught more than the kids.
As she spoke, I was looking at a set of perky self-portraits on a wall of her office. They were drawings by students at the school. The children not only learn to read, they yearn to read. What this educationese means, in lay language, is that people learn in different ways and at different speeds. Teachers are able to assist more students to reach success because our premise is that successful performance does not occur for everyone at the same time.