I merely wanted to ask the previous speaker, when he was saying, as I have heard him say on several occasions, that bilingual education is a beautiful program, I agree with that, but is the gentleman saying that the only beautiful bilingual program is transitional bilingual education? Is that the only beautiful one?
Questioning the definition of 'beautiful' in bilingual education during a debate.
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