Political Quotes

“I know the day is late, but I can't help but comment on this legislation. One of the big problems we have in America today is a total shortage of counselors. Most of our elementary schools have no counselors and high schools have just a few. Speaking personally, I went to a relatively small high school in Henderson, NV, when I was a boy, and we had a part-time counselor in my high school. Her name was Mrs. Robinson. She taught government and also counseled. Mrs. Robinson called me out of class--I was a junior in high school--and she said: We have looked at all your records, and you should go to law school. Well, Mr. President, I had never met a lawyer, never been to a courthouse, and I knew nothing about lawyers and all that stuff, but because Mrs. Robinson told me that is what I should do, from that minute that was what I was going to be. That is how important counselors are. I think this resolution is so indicative of some of the problems we have in education today.”