Immersion Question

[Anonymous]

Quick question: is there anyone out there who got into an immersion program but then turned the spot down? If so...please share your reasoning. Frankly i am on the fence and could use some guidance.

[Anonymous]

Are you serious?? Somehow I smell a pot-stirrer!

[Anonymous]

No this is a real question actually

[Anonymous]

OP, what are you on the fence about? How old is your child?

[Anonymous]

Pk3. Lately I have been getting "cold feet" about the decision to attend. We just had to take him out of his daycare situation abruptly last week and are in the midst of bringing on a nanny for 2 months. I'm starting to wonder if this will now be too many transitions for him? Or is there even such a thing?

[Anonymous]

We turned down a couple of spots because we thought the English part of the program was weak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pk3. Lately I have been getting "cold feet" about the decision to attend. We just had to take him out of his daycare situation abruptly last week and are in the midst of bringing on a nanny for 2 months. I'm starting to wonder if this will now be too many transitions for him? Or is there even such a thing?

It does sound like a lot of transitions. Only you know your child best. If he has had exposure to the target language before, then that will be helpful. If not, it may (or may not be) traumatic for him. Is he young? Easy-going or more shy? Flexible or more bothered by shifts in his world??? There's always next year....

[Anonymous]

Kids for the most part adjust to change as long as you are a constant (as a primary caregiver). I think you need to consider the following:

1) Would you consider sending your child to your in boundary school

2) How much do you want your child to be bilingual; is this important to your family.

Pk3 and Pk4 are the entry years for public immersion programs in DC--if you wait until Pk4, there is a good chance that you will not be picked again for a lottery space at an immersion school or your choice will be limited.

[Anonymous]

We turned down YY as a bilingual Chinese family because there are so few others involved, and no ethnic administrator. The rabid YY supporters brand people like us as "haters," but we were torn because our IB school isn't be best. We were also concerned about the strength of the English program and a hassle-filled commute with no parent-funded bus/van from our neighborhood. Luckily, we got into an appealing nearby non-immersion charter, off the WL this week. We only speak Chinese at home so don't feel like our kid will miss out. Good luck figuring this one out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We turned down YY as a bilingual Chinese family because there are so few others involved, and no ethnic administrator. The rabid YY supporters brand people like us as "haters," but we were torn because our IB school isn't be best. We were also concerned about the strength of the English program and a hassle-filled commute with no parent-funded bus/van from our neighborhood. Luckily, we got into an appealing nearby non-immersion charter, off the WL this week. We only speak Chinese at home so don't feel like our kid will miss out. Good luck figuring this one out.

It's great you found an option that works for you! Wonder why, if you're not at an immersion school, you felt the need to trash Yu Ying? Could it be---gasp---that you're a closet "hater"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We turned down YY as a bilingual Chinese family because there are so few others involved, and no ethnic administrator. The rabid YY supporters brand people like us as "haters," but we were torn because our IB school isn't be best. We were also concerned about the strength of the English program and a hassle-filled commute with no parent-funded bus/van from our neighborhood. Luckily, we got into an appealing nearby non-immersion charter, off the WL this week. We only speak Chinese at home so don't feel like our kid will miss out. Good luck figuring this one out.

It's great you found an option that works for you! Wonder why, if you're not at an immersion school, you felt the need to trash Yu Ying? Could it be---gasp---that you're a closet "hater"?

NP here. Why is this starting? It makes YY look so much worse than the pp's comments. OP asked if anyone had chosen not to send their kid to an immersion school and why. PP answered. Why did you even bother waiting until someone answered and just respond directly to OP saying that there is absolutely no reason in the entire world that anyone could decide not to go to YY?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We turned down YY as a bilingual Chinese family because there are so few others involved, and no ethnic administrator. The rabid YY supporters brand people like us as "haters," but we were torn because our IB school isn't be best. We were also concerned about the strength of the English program and a hassle-filled commute with no parent-funded bus/van from our neighborhood. Luckily, we got into an appealing nearby non-immersion charter, off the WL this week. We only speak Chinese at home so don't feel like our kid will miss out. Good luck figuring this one out.

Off waitlist or lottery? Can you indicate vaguely where you were on the waitlist if it's for preK? TIA!

[Anonymous]

Why do YY supporters insist on impugning the reputation of their beloved school by being such crazies on this forum, turning every thread about them? I have a story you should read. It's called The Emperor's New Clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We turned down YY as a bilingual Chinese family because there are so few others involved, and no ethnic administrator. The rabid YY supporters brand people like us as "haters," but we were torn because our IB school isn't be best. We were also concerned about the strength of the English program and a hassle-filled commute with no parent-funded bus/van from our neighborhood. Luckily, we got into an appealing nearby non-immersion charter, off the WL this week. We only speak Chinese at home so don't feel like our kid will miss out. Good luck figuring this one out.

umm....didn't the non-yu ying family start it? didn't see anything from yy people on this thread until this person got nasty---and I'm not from yy or a supporter.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We turned down YY as a bilingual Chinese family because there are so few others involved, and no ethnic administrator. The rabid YY supporters brand people like us as "haters," but we were torn because our IB school isn't be best. We were also concerned about the strength of the English program and a hassle-filled commute with no parent-funded bus/van from our neighborhood. Luckily, we got into an appealing nearby non-immersion charter, off the WL this week. We only speak Chinese at home so don't feel like our kid will miss out. Good luck figuring this one out.

umm....didn't the non-yu ying family start it? didn't see anything from yy people on this thread until this person got nasty---and I'm not from yy or a supporter.....

This isn't being nasty, this is answering the question. They didn't choose the immersion school because: (1) there are few Chinese;
(2) the administrator is not ethnic;
(3) they were concerned about the strength of the English program;
(4) the commute would have been bad; and,
(5) the child has other opportunities to learn the target language.
PP also implied that they did not like the attitude of the vocal pp supporters.

The answer was completely responsive. The YY supporter proved the point about the attitude by deciding this was a fight. Not everything is a fight. That attitude is so detrimental to the reputation of the school, and it seems that you don't even get it. Please don't come on every thread and throw vitriol when it is isn't the least bit responsive to the question posed, it makes your school look terrible.