Political Quotes

“we are talking about teaching methods here. I do appreciate the tenor of the debate we have had so far. As my colleague from California has just suggested, we are not only talking about teaching methods, we are talking about a particular type of teaching method that is a failed teaching method. In fact, many of our colleagues who have been on the floor today supporting bilingual education were actually educated in a nonbilingual education system. In fact, they are giving testimony as to not how important bilingual education is, but instead they have risen before us today in defense of bilingual education. But they themselves are a product of a system that did not have the type of bilingual education system they are advocating today. In terms of what type of method is used in other countries that has been found to be successful, I would like to differ from my colleague, who stated that Israel has this type of bilingual education system. I have been told by several people who have visited Israel recently that yes, they teach other people who do not speak Hebrew. They teach them to speak Hebrew in their classrooms. They do not, however, have a bilingual education system that teaches non-Hebrew speaking citizens in their own native language.”