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[quote=Anonymous][/quote]  Interesting.  There are issues of race and socio-economic status that inevitably creep into these discussions, which is perhaps why at some schools like Yu Ying choose to downplay the whole issue.  A child who speaks Spanish because his dad works for the UN and just returned from a stint in Madrid has a whole different set of issues from a child from Guatemala whose parents came over illegally a few years ago to work at odd jobs.

I'm sure I'll inspire some disagreement here, but learning Chinese is a heck of a lot more difficult than learning Spanish.  Therefore it you send your kids to Yu Ying you'd better be focused on academic achievement from as early an age as they start there. [/quote]

+1.  There are several hundred DC Chinese dry cleaner and restaurant families facing similar issues similar to those confonted by the Latino illegals.  Haven't noticed any at YY.  Tiny tots learn Chinese without difficulty.  It's maintaining the language that's difficult in DC, a part of the world where it's hardly used, where precious few parents studied it at school or learned it at home.

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