What's the best way to prepare for language immersion?

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Anonymous wrote:Hey smug PP, so in your mind people should avoid any immersion schools unless they can host an au pair? What a rigid, narrow-minded view. Yes that’s great for those who can manage it, but it’s not reality that this could occur on a large scale. Good thing you’re not in charge at YY.

Right!!! In all honesty, I put YY on my list because of the diversity. The immersion factor was just a plus for me. Now I'm not so sure if I want my kid to attend. Especially if he will have to interact with some of these peoples children, who are probably just as snobby as their mothers!!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

Who TF do you think you are? You should've thought before you commented. Another bitch perched at her computer, ready to spew some foolishness. There's no law that says that she cannot put her child into a LI program, because she can't afford an au pair. You people are disgusting, vile humans!

I didn’t say that there was a law against her foolishly enrolling her child in a Mandarin immersion program with no at-home support. I said that her child, and other similarly situated children, will speak inferior Mandarin (if they retain the language at all). I stand firmly behind my statement.

With your nasty mouth, I would be surprised if your child has mastered English.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey smug PP, so in your mind people should avoid any immersion schools unless they can host an au pair? What a rigid, narrow-minded view. Yes that’s great for those who can manage it, but it’s not reality that this could occur on a large scale. Good thing you’re not in charge at YY.

Right!!! In all honesty, I put YY on my list because of the diversity. The immersion factor was just a plus for me. Now I'm not so sure if I want my kid to attend. Especially if he will have to interact with some of these peoples children, who are probably just as snobby as their mothers!!

I think they don’t currently have children attending. There are one or two posters who resent the fact that YY doesn’t do much outreach to Chinese families in DC, including Cantonese-speaking families. Do a search for Heritage Dad and you’ll find anti-YY posts going back years and years. Yes I’ve been on this site too long.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

Who TF do you think you are? You should've thought before you commented. Another bitch perched at her computer, ready to spew some foolishness. There's no law that says that she cannot put her child into a LI program, because she can't afford an au pair. You people are disgusting, vile humans!

I didn’t say that there was a law against her foolishly enrolling her child in a Mandarin immersion program with no at-home support. I said that her child, and other similarly situated children, will speak inferior Mandarin (if they retain the language at all). I stand firmly behind my statement.

With your nasty mouth, I would be surprised if your child has mastered English.

For all you know, her child could be 10x smarter than your children who are raised by your au pair, so you shouldn't have said shit!!

Oh sweetie my child has mastered many things in his short time on this earth, and he will continue to master things and be GREAT!! I will bet you your children's trust funds that at 2.5 years old, he's way smarter than your children were when they were 5 years old. He has never heard me curse and I don't allow anyone to use such language around him! I don't actually speak this way in my every day life, I'm just sick and tired of people like YOU being rude assholes to people in this forum who genuinely come here to seek advice, but end up being bullied!! TWAT!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

Who TF do you think you are? You should've thought before you commented. Another bitch perched at her computer, ready to spew some foolishness. There's no law that says that she cannot put her child into a LI program, because she can't afford an au pair. You people are disgusting, vile humans!

I didn’t say that there was a law against her foolishly enrolling her child in a Mandarin immersion program with no at-home support. I said that her child, and other similarly situated children, will speak inferior Mandarin (if they retain the language at all). I stand firmly behind my statement.

With your nasty mouth, I would be surprised if your child has mastered English.

For all you know, her child could be 10x smarter than your children who are raised by your au pair, so you shouldn't have said shit!!

Oh sweetie my child has mastered many things in his short time on this earth, and he will continue to master things and be GREAT!! I will bet you your children's trust funds that at 2.5 years old, he's way smarter than your children were when they were 5 years old. He has never heard me curse and I don't allow anyone to use such language around him! I don't actually speak this way in my every day life, I'm just sick and tired of people like YOU being rude assholes to people in this forum who genuinely come here to seek advice, but end up being bullied!! TWAT!

I doubt that your child’s IQ (or yours) is higher than today’s temperature. Good luck with that, dear.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

Who TF do you think you are? You should've thought before you commented. Another bitch perched at her computer, ready to spew some foolishness. There's no law that says that she cannot put her child into a LI program, because she can't afford an au pair. You people are disgusting, vile humans!

I didn’t say that there was a law against her foolishly enrolling her child in a Mandarin immersion program with no at-home support. I said that her child, and other similarly situated children, will speak inferior Mandarin (if they retain the language at all). I stand firmly behind my statement.

With your nasty mouth, I would be surprised if your child has mastered English.

For all you know, her child could be 10x smarter than your children who are raised by your au pair, so you shouldn't have said shit!!

Oh sweetie my child has mastered many things in his short time on this earth, and he will continue to master things and be GREAT!! I will bet you your children's trust funds that at 2.5 years old, he's way smarter than your children were when they were 5 years old. He has never heard me curse and I don't allow anyone to use such language around him! I don't actually speak this way in my every day life, I'm just sick and tired of people like YOU being rude assholes to people in this forum who genuinely come here to seek advice, but end up being bullied!! TWAT!

I doubt that your child’s IQ (or yours) is higher than today’s temperature. Good luck with that, dear.

I have the same doubts for you and your children. Good day sir!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

Who TF do you think you are? You should've thought before you commented. Another bitch perched at her computer, ready to spew some foolishness. There's no law that says that she cannot put her child into a LI program, because she can't afford an au pair. You people are disgusting, vile humans!

I didn’t say that there was a law against her foolishly enrolling her child in a Mandarin immersion program with no at-home support. I said that her child, and other similarly situated children, will speak inferior Mandarin (if they retain the language at all). I stand firmly behind my statement.

With your nasty mouth, I would be surprised if your child has mastered English.

For all you know, her child could be 10x smarter than your children who are raised by your au pair, so you shouldn't have said shit!!

Oh sweetie my child has mastered many things in his short time on this earth, and he will continue to master things and be GREAT!! I will bet you your children's trust funds that at 2.5 years old, he's way smarter than your children were when they were 5 years old. He has never heard me curse and I don't allow anyone to use such language around him! I don't actually speak this way in my every day life, I'm just sick and tired of people like YOU being rude assholes to people in this forum who genuinely come here to seek advice, but end up being bullied!! TWAT!

I doubt that your child’s IQ (or yours) is higher than today’s temperature. Good luck with that, dear.

I have the same doubts for you and your children. Good day sir!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Exactly. I notice that there's a lot of privileged assholes in this forum. They sit back and talk crap and judge people anonymously.

DOn't agree. PPs are using common sense to connect the dots. W/out a native speaker in the home, immersion language study doesn't go very well. YY admins won't tell you this, but those of us who host au pairs at YY (dozens of us) know it.

Talk to other parents if you doubt this. I wouldn't choose immersion study if I didn't speak the language (I do not) AND couldn't afford to host au pairs given space/resources/logistics. I'm hardly alone on this score at YY.

So why am I not seeing the same negative nasty comments in threads that talk about other schools with language immersion programs? LIKE I SAID, I've been reading a lot on this forum for months, and there are many rude and bitchy men and women on here!! Its fine to speak up and give your opinion, but there's no need to be a rude judgmental, snobby, privleged BITCH when doing so. All that "sit back and enjoy the koolaid" is some BS. I SAID WHAT I SAID!!

Please DO NOT delete this thread it is GOLD. I’m loving it.

[Anonymous]

Yes can we go back to how Chinese Au pairs tend to crash cars? Gd knows what you expect of Colombian au pairs.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

+100. Exactly. YY parents can choose to believe that their kids will benefit enormously from the YY curriculum w/out a native speaking adult in the home, but it ain't the case.

That's simply the way one way immersion programs like YY work. We can pretend that things are otherwise, hysterically calling PPs names for stating the truth, but it won't change this calculus.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

+100. Exactly. YY parents can choose to believe that their kids will benefit enormously from the YY curriculum w/out a native speaking adult in the home, but it ain't the case.

That's simply the way one way immersion programs like YY work. We can pretend that things are otherwise, hysterically calling PPs names for stating the truth, but it won't change this calculus.

This is your opinion, not fact—unless you have references to support your claims?

Also, OP has stated your goals are not her goals—she doesn’t expect her child to become perfectly fluent.

Also, why do you keep referring to PPs when you’re really referring to your own comments?

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

+100. Exactly. YY parents can choose to believe that their kids will benefit enormously from the YY curriculum w/out a native speaking adult in the home, but it ain't the case.

That's simply the way one way immersion programs like YY work. We can pretend that things are otherwise, hysterically calling PPs names for stating the truth, but it won't change this calculus.

The name calling is because previous posters are replying with rude and condescending answers. I guess because they are priviledged, I'm required supposed to sit back and be quiet? Not today, satan. NOT TODAY!!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

+100. Exactly. YY parents can choose to believe that their kids will benefit enormously from the YY curriculum w/out a native speaking adult in the home, but it ain't the case.

That's simply the way one way immersion programs like YY work. We can pretend that things are otherwise, hysterically calling PPs names for stating the truth, but it won't change this calculus.

This is your opinion, not fact—unless you have references to support your claims?

Also, OP has stated your goals are not her goals—she doesn’t expect her child to become perfectly fluent.

Also, why do you keep referring to PPs when you’re really referring to your own comments?

They have their heads too far up their own asses to understand this. Also, they just want the whole forum to know that they host au pairs.... so TF what!! I think that they get a kick out of being rude to innocent people who are just seeking advice. Privilege at it's best!

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OP asked for advice. She got it. She didn't like the advice she got. To heck with her.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

Who TF do you think you are? You should've thought before you commented. Another bitch perched at her computer, ready to spew some foolishness. There's no law that says that she cannot put her child into a LI program, because she can't afford an au pair. You people are disgusting, vile humans!

I didn’t say that there was a law against her foolishly enrolling her child in a Mandarin immersion program with no at-home support. I said that her child, and other similarly situated children, will speak inferior Mandarin (if they retain the language at all). I stand firmly behind my statement.

With your nasty mouth, I would be surprised if your child has mastered English.

Even if dc speaks inferior Chinese, s/he will still be speaking it. Therr is something to be said for the process of learning another language being beneficial in and of itself. It opens synapses in the. Roam and makes learning other languages easier in the future. It’s jot always purely about mandarin fluency.