Glasser, founder of Reality Therapy and Control Theory in the classroom draws the improbable analogy that OBE is the equivalent of a high quality import automobile while traditional courses and objective tests are like the low quality American cars of the past.
At a session during the MEA convention, associates of Glasser stated that Glasser's principles are at the heart of the new Minnesota High School Graduation Rule. However, they cautioned that when implementing Glasser's Reality Therapy and Control Theory, teachers should use substitute terms to cloak their work for political purposes.
Glasser sees traditional grading as a great evil. Glasser writes that in a quality school low grades would be eliminated, and that only A and B grades would show on a student's record. Furthermore, the student's record, according to Glasser, would not show how long it took to master the subject as that could, in some instances, be coercive. An official from the Richfield, Minnesota School District announced that they were well on their way to conforming their entire school district to Glasser's model, We are on our second five year plan, he stated.
Dr. James E. Gilson