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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great, perfect fluency isn't the sole goal of parents who put their kids in language immersion, and there's a cognitive benefit from being able to learn and switch between two different languages.

So how about actually teaching the YY kids to speak the language halfway decently to kill two birds with one stone? It's not as though parents couldn't be incentivized to help ensure that their kids speak well.

I can't see how much understanding of a culture kicks in when local Chinese immigrants can't be persuaded to put in for the YY lottery almost to a parent. What you hear asked in low SES DC Chinese immigrant circles is "Isn't that school for black kids and white people who adopt babies from China? We don't know Chinese families who use it. We've heard that the head doesn't speak Chinese."

Maybe the weirdest of the weirdos are in the DCPC universe.  [/quote]

So what would you propose to convince them, then?  Give Chinese immigrants preference to increase the numbers?  Kick all the black kids out?[/quote]

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