Submitted by Brad Thomas, Sep 18, 2007 14:22

The old saw Bill Buckley references in the next to last paragraph (of children being taught in English in schools, and soon speaking in English, despite being immersed in Spanish at home), is not proven wrong by his example.

The old saw would be proven to no longer hold true if the 6-year-olds he refers to were taught in English, and learned to read in English-language books, but returned to homes where Spanish was the exclusive language used and heard; instead, he references children being taught in Spanish, learning to read in Spanish, and then returning to homes where they are immersed in the Spanish language.

Bill is comparing apples and oranges.

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