Teachersshouldgivecontexts, roles, andtasks that they conceivablycould face some day, such ashelpingaforeignvisitoron thestreetorserving as a translatorfor a U. S.company.
He told me his biggest challenge in education wasn't budget holes, it wasn't crumbling schools -- it was that the parents were too demanding. (Laughter.) He's had to import thousands of foreignteachers because parents insisted on English language training in elementary school.