Yu Ying Waitlist Movement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In deciding between YY and LAMB, I'd encourage you to look beyond the language, and look more broadly at the school. I passed up LAMB because I felt my child would not learn well in a Montessori classroom. I selected YY because the IB curriculum really appealled.

It wasn't so much Chinese vs. Spanish. As the whole package. I can't support either language at home, so if my child ends up learning some Chinese, great. If not, at least the benefits of an IB curriculum, engaged teachers, fellow students/parents that share culture (tiger moms or not. . .), were what decided me on YY. Even if language fluency does not result, the tonal and character work should enhance the developing brain more than a western language. Plus appreciation of the asian culture.

You may look at the 2 schools and decide that your child would thrive in Montessori, that self-directed fine motor work would be great.

Good luck deciding.

ITA -- great response

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I elitist?

I cannot imagine turning down Mandarin for Spanish.

Not elitist, just your opinion...I think YuYing will receive quite a few declines for Spanish Immersion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you pass up your LAMB spot this year or a previous year?

I did not consider YY and LAMB in the same year. Passed on LAMB and kept DC in private PreK, due to the montessori fit concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I elitist?

I cannot imagine turning down Mandarin for Spanish.

Not elitist, just your opinion...I think YuYing will receive quite a few declines for Spanish Immersion.

Very elitist. Spanish is perceived as useful, but pedestrian. Chinese is seen as prestigious and exotic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30kristof.html

Even the NYT columnist exhorts the plebes to learn Spanish, but of course his children are learning Chinese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I elitist?

I cannot imagine turning down Mandarin for Spanish.

Tiger mom, exhibit A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:website wait list just updated. tuesday may 3. no movement in preK, the other 3 grades had slight movement

Wow! So the first 26 on the waitlist for PreK all accepted. Guess they really wanted Chinese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I elitist?

I cannot imagine turning down Mandarin for Spanish.

Tiger mom, exhibit A.

Some of us choose Mandarin over Spanish b/c we are Asian and it's part of our heritage. Personally, I know more people who speak Mandarin than Spanish. Never been to any Spanish speaking country other than Spain but been all over Asia and still have family there. Mandarin will be much more useful for our DC and no, I don't speak it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:website wait list just updated. tuesday may 3. no movement in preK, the other 3 grades had slight movement

Wow! So the first 26 on the waitlist for PreK all accepted. Guess they really wanted Chinese.

remember the wait list is application order. The first 26 probably all submitted applications the first day/ week that the application period opened, so they really wanted YY for some reason. Or, they are organized parents hoarding multiple slots and going to decide later. Take your pick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:website wait list just updated. tuesday may 3. no movement in preK, the other 3 grades had slight movement

Wow! So the first 26 on the waitlist for PreK all accepted. Guess they really wanted Chinese.

remember the wait list is application order. The first 26 probably all submitted applications the first day/ week that the application period opened, so they really wanted YY for some reason. Or, they are organized parents hoarding multiple slots and going to decide later. Take your pick.

Good point. The families at the top of the waitlist submitted their applications within the first day or so, they are the most likely to stay. However, it's still really early. A LOT of families who got lucky in the lottery have surely filled out paperwork - not because they're really interested in Chinese, but because they feel they have no other alternative. This isn't a good school to pick for only that reason. However, many of those lottery families will elect not to come when they get in to another school that they preferred. I just hope they have the courtesy to call and let the school know so that the waitlist can keep moving. There's no way all of those people are planning to come straight out of the lottery.

[Anonymous]

I disagree with a previous poster who said to look beyond language. While it is important to take a holistic view and evaluate the whole school, I do think it is critical to consider the language. For Pre-K, it is complete Chinese immersion and 50 percent Chinese in subsequent years. I would only put my child there if I really wanted her to learn Chinese. YY sounds like a great school but to spend so much time learning a language that the parents may not have the ability to support in the future... especially if you have the choice of another bilingual school. Yes, learning languages stimulates the brain and there are other corollary positive effects but it is an awful lot of time to dedicate to something that may or may not be pursued.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I elitist?

I cannot imagine turning down Mandarin for Spanish.

Tiger mom, exhibit A.

Some of us choose Mandarin over Spanish b/c we are Asian and it's part of our heritage. Personally, I know more people who speak Mandarin than Spanish. Never been to any Spanish speaking country other than Spain but been all over Asia and still have family there. Mandarin will be much more useful for our DC and no, I don't speak it.

Right, and therefore you are not choosing Madarin for elitist reasons. A person like you should be able to "imagine" that some may choose Spanish for similar reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I elitist?

I cannot imagine turning down Mandarin for Spanish.

Tiger mom, exhibit A.

Some of us choose Mandarin over Spanish b/c we are Asian and it's part of our heritage. Personally, I know more people who speak Mandarin than Spanish. Never been to any Spanish speaking country other than Spain but been all over Asia and still have family there. Mandarin will be much more useful for our DC and no, I don't speak it.

Right, and therefore you are not choosing Madarin for elitist reasons. A person like you should be able to "imagine" that some may choose Spanish for similar reasons.

So what's your point? That either language can be chosen for none elitist reasons? Thought the point being argued was that learning mandarin was elitist while Spanish was not.

[Anonymous]

Not the PP you're asking hut the previous poster thought herself (or at least questioned) elitist because she couldn't "imagine" choosing Spanish over Mandarin. She is the poster that brought it up. IMHO, I think the poster that asked if age was elitist likely is being that she didnt offer reasons for her statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:website wait list just updated. tuesday may 3. no movement in preK, the other 3 grades had slight movement

Wow! So the first 26 on the waitlist for PreK all accepted. Guess they really wanted Chinese.

remember the wait list is application order. The first 26 probably all submitted applications the first day/ week that the application period opened, so they really wanted YY for some reason. Or, they are organized parents hoarding multiple slots and going to decide later. Take your pick.

Good point. The families at the top of the waitlist submitted their applications within the first day or so, they are the most likely to stay. However, it's still really early. A LOT of families who got lucky in the lottery have surely filled out paperwork - not because they're really interested in Chinese, but because they feel they have no other alternative. This isn't a good school to pick for only that reason. However, many of those lottery families will elect not to come when they get in to another school that they preferred. I just hope they have the courtesy to call and let the school know so that the waitlist can keep moving. There's no way all of those people are planning to come straight out of the lottery.

Maybe some of them just gave up their waitlist spot since they accepted elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:website wait list just updated. tuesday may 3. no movement in preK, the other 3 grades had slight movement

Wow! So the first 26 on the waitlist for PreK all accepted. Guess they really wanted Chinese.

remember the wait list is application order. The first 26 probably all submitted applications the first day/ week that the application period opened, so they really wanted YY for some reason. Or, they are organized parents hoarding multiple slots and going to decide later. Take your pick.

Good point. The families at the top of the waitlist submitted their applications within the first day or so, they are the most likely to stay. However, it's still really early. A LOT of families who got lucky in the lottery have surely filled out paperwork - not because they're really interested in Chinese, but because they feel they have no other alternative. This isn't a good school to pick for only that reason. However, many of those lottery families will elect not to come when they get in to another school that they preferred. I just hope they have the courtesy to call and let the school know so that the waitlist can keep moving. There's no way all of those people are planning to come straight out of the lottery.

Maybe some of them just gave up their waitlist spot since they accepted elsewhere.

The point is that we would have expected more people to give up their spot than actually have (so far). There were about a hundred of them, after all.