Yu Ying waitlist hypothesis

[Anonymous]

My child is 4 and said he wanted to learn Chinese. So to say these children have no interest is ignorant. He even tried out a class for a couple hours and loved it. At the open house all the children seemed to be happy and had no problem when they were spoken too in Chinese and responded well. I think most Parents talk to their kids and see how they would feel about going to YY and prepare their children. If my child said he didn't want to learn Chinese he would not be going there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asian can mean japanese, korean, indian, etc. Asia is a large continent. Also, just b/c someone is of Chinese or mixed Chinese descent does not mean the person speaks or knows any Mandarin.

Yu Ying like all charters cannot screen/test-in for language or anything else.

Yes, thanks for the explanation of US census categories. That's why I wrote "in this context". Doubt there are too many Indians seeking YY enrollment, but who knows.

Is there a YY parent who can guesstimate the % of YY kids who speak chinese at home with at least one native speaker?

There are Indians, Koreans, Japanese, Malay, etc. Asians value Mandarin, good schools in general, and there are not any immersion schools around here that are Japanese, Korean, Hindi, etc.

My kid is one of the Asian/White kids there and the Asian is not Chinese... and I am a native speaker and born in another country.

I would estimate lots of mixed Chinese kids at YY but most of their parents are NOT native speakers and are English dominant. Maybe there are 1 or 2 kids per grade at most with a native Mandarin speaker parents but from the ones I know, these kids are not any better in Mandarin than their classmates whose parents don't know any Mandarin.

Heritage mom/dad. Cantonese speaker. Racist.

How dare you claim that there are only 1 or 2 kids per grade with native Mandarin speaking parents who actually speak Mandarin consistently to the kids. Go away, troll! Just move to MoCo already. Next you will claim that some upper grades YY kids aren't fluent in Mandarin. Outrageous.

[Anonymous]

Oh the bitterness, heritage dad. The bitterness.

Wheaton longs for you.

[Anonymous]

Wheaton? The programs are in Rockville. They mostly hire ABC teachers these days, who emphasize conversation (vs. writing/grammar). The YY kids are actually ahead of the curve on writing.