Reply to Chinese "immersion" outside of school hours

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Chinese "immersion" outside of school hours"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uh, the best Chinese speaking kids in the city are [b]growing up in Chinese-speaking immigrant, guest worker and diplomatic families[/b].

What I see happening at YY is that once the current principal moves on, a new hire who is fluent in Mandarin will make many changes. The changes will include more emphasis on kids learning to understand and speak everyday Chinese, and less emphasis on writing and grammar. The new head will work to draw in more native speaking families.  As a result more will come and dialect transition support will creep in.  I see this happening in 5-10 years.[/quote]

None of whom are competing with YY kids.  The vast majority of immigrants and guest workers only work in DC and actually live in the suburbs.  Isn't that what the whole "there are no authentic Chinese-speaking kids!" bitch is about?  They don't live in DC, but you can find them in the suburbs.  Go there if that is what you want.)  The diplomatic families are few, and only attend private schools, anyway.

In other words, your points - lame as they are - are moot.[/quote]

Problem is, they will be likely wind up competing with YY kids in applying to college, and life beyond.  [/quote]

When top YY students apply to elite colleges--many will--they will be competing with the Rockville immersion kids who went on to Herbert Hoover middle school for partial immersion Chinese, then Richard Montgomery, Rockville HS or Bethesda Chevy Chase for IB Diploma Chinese.

No, likely not.  These are very different social strata and spheres.[/quote]

I don't see YY students enrolling at either Northern Virginia Community College or the University of Beijing.[/quote]

[b]When DCI seniors apply to elite colleges--most surely will[/b]--their applications will be tossed into the same digial application stacks as those of other applicants from the DC Metro Area who've studied AP or International Baccalaureate Chinese.

By my count, more than two dozen high schools (both public and private) within 20 miles of Walter Reed offer advanced Chinese classes.  One or two new programs come on board every year.  DCI seniors who aren't FARMs can't expect special treatment in admissions for having studied Chinese for many years.  They will need to score high on HS standardized tests for Chinese, particularly, on listening comprehension and spoken components, to get good mileage out of their immersion studies.

This is one reason many YY families host Chinese au pairs, or hire those hosted by other families to speak Chinese with their children. They're looking ahead.  
[/quote]

No they will not.

School is 53% economically disadvantaged. PARCC proficiency is dismal. The demographics of YY =/= the demographics of DCI.[/quote]

DCI is comprised of five schools, plus lottery winners.  The YY portion is not economically disadvantaged and their PARCC performance is as good as any other school in the city.

Your attempt to bring DCI into the argument (because you failed against Yu Ying) only proves the weakness of your point.

It stands that the best way to learn MANDARIN Chinese it at Yu Ying.  It is further suggested that if the facts drive you crazy?  You need medication or to take your unhappy Cantonese self to the suburbs.  ;)[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics