Charles Ch 5 (9th edition)

In chapter 5, William Glasser chooses to have a discipline plan or classroom managment plan that is guided by Choice Theory. One of methods of going about with his discipline plan is by emphasizing "encouragement for students to do the best they can." Glasser advises teachers to discuss quality work enough so that students understand what they mean. Encourage students to do their best. Do not grade their work because grades suggest to students that work is finished."

I think this is a really great strategy and encouragement to include in a classroom. It not only helps the children strive to do their best, it helps the students learn that everyone is constantly learning. The journey is never completely over and generally most things can improve in some way or another. Nothing is ever actually finished.

I think that I will definitely bring such a thought forward "encourage students to do their best." What a great thought to have in your classroom! Having such a thought and expressing it will really help with how managable your class is. If you are a mean teacher who doesn't care if students do well, students will know and they either won't try or they wont take anything at all from the experience. While i agree with Glasser that nothign is every officially finished because improvement and learning are continuous processes, but I wanted to add that one reason i think that not grading their work is good is because some students will just write exactly what it is that the teacher wants and will do only what they have to to get the good grade. School shouldn't have such an atmosphere. I will definitely tie that in with Glasser's theory and use it in my future classroom. This will help students become more responsible for themselves and others as well. When you let students do some of the work a teacher does, it lets the students know that their teacher really cares about them. I most definitely want to display such a thing in my classroom.