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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who is committed to having my child learn a second language[b] I think it is unfair that some kids get a space just to avoid their home school[/b]. But that is my opinion. There are always going to be ways where things seem unfair depending who is looking at it and how. When my kid didn't get a preschool space at a school I liked bc the class was filled with siblings it felt unfair but it was the policy and I accepted it. I'm sure if it was the other way around it would feel unfair bc it would negatively affect my family! I kept trying and we found something that worked for us. I think if there is a fight worth fighting it is that demand exceeds supply. [/quote]
People are underestimating the level of commitment that is required to be successful in these programs. The children and parents who are motivated about learning a new language fair much better in these programs for the long haul. [b]The drop-out rate increase significantly as they kids get older, especially third grade and beyond. In some program third, fourth, and fifth grades are tiny[/b]! Unfortunately at that point new comers have to test in. It stinks.  [/quote]

I always thought this was a function of kids getting into the HGC.  Why would kids drop out of immersion otherwise?  And re: the home school issue - I used to think that too - that immersion was just a way for kids to get out of a poor home school.  We are in an immersion program, and really the demographics of our home school and the immersion school are about the same - if anything, the home school has better test scores, etc.  We gave it a shot because I think that language learning is benficial at an early age.  But once we were in the program, I came to know that many of the kids there actually had stronger, or at least equal, home school options.  Their families just wanted the immersion experience.  I guess my point is, I don't think the often cited reason of poor home school options is prevalent for a majority of the families that enter the immersion programs.[/quote]

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