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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree. I think Yu Ying is a fabulous school, but I think the whole learn Chinese thing is a fad. Weren't kids desperate to learn Japanese before that? And then Russian?  I think it is great if you learn any foreign language, but this obsession with dialects is laughably pathetic. [/quote]

Hit send too fast. So my point is that the Chinese these kids are learning is more of a "expand your mind" and "choose to learn more" if needed. It is clear they are actually learning Chinese (not like whatever it is that they so at CMI), but I think obsessing over dialects and accents is a waste of time. If you want to speak with a perfect shanghainese accent, that's great!  However only your Chinese grandma will care.

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We're very happy with the Chinese at YY, but it's sort of the icing on the cake.  Have you seen the school - the actual, beautiful old brick building that was built for monks and has a nature center with outdoor classrooms in the trees?  Not even Sidwell looks this good.  And the student body is almost entirely higher SES.  The test scores are great, but they're not focused on testing because of the IB curriculum.  It's like a free private school in the middle of DC.  [/quote]

"And the student body is almost entirely higher SES."

Should YY be proud of that as a PUBLIC charter school in DC?[/quote]

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