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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a newly matched YY family and completely overwhelmed by these threads :/[/quote]

I am too... but we are still going to send our kid to YY in the fall.

More than anything, these threads have been a good intro to the unique & absurd politics surrounding the school. Better to find out early and online than late and in person, I guess.

But compared to the problems we've witnessed in other area schools, none of these complaints comes even close to being serious enough to deter us. Clearly some people feel super passionately about these issues, but to us they are small potatoes. Sorry.

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I'm newly matched also for prek4.  But I'm not listening to any of these YY haters who just wish their kids got in.  Take their advice with a grain of salt...or less.[/quote]

That's because you don't speak Chinese, hon, probably don't know anybody who does, and your kid is still a toddler.

Let me guess, you don't know where Chinese is widely spoken in the world (other than in Mainland China), or the major Chinese dialects and where they're spoken. Quick, rush to Wikipedia before you respond.

It concerns some of the upper grades parents that this town's native speakers have pretty much ignored our program all along. Somebody in charge ought to be paying attention and asking why.

All small potatoes when MOST UPPER GRADES KIDS CAN PASS THE PARCC (UNLIKE IN YOUR RUN OF THE MILL DC PUBLIC SCHOOL).[/quote]

Unless you actually have a kid or kids who have made it through and are still doing well in high school. Or you could just insult strangers on the internet for absolutely no reason, "hon". [/quote]

The assertion that the only reason any PP ever takes issue with the way YY operates (with public resources) is because their child didn't get a spot sparks pointless catfights on DCUM. Let's see what DCI's college admissions look like eventually before deciding if most of the kids are actually doing well in HS. 
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Judging YY by DCI college admissions is ridiculous  :roll:  [/quote]

Right, ridiculous, seeing how the DCI Chinese track students do on the Intl Baccalaureate Diploma Chinese exams. Their scores should be through the roof after 12-15 years of meticulously building a foundation for speaking, listening, reading and writing.  Most of the kids will have done this from full immersion in PreS3 and PreK. High scores will bode well in college admissions, particularly on Higher Level IBD Chinese (if DCI offers it), low scores, not so much, particularly on Standard Level (comparable level to AP).

If many DCI Chinese seniors score low, or simply average, on IBD Chinese exams, and AP Chinese if they take it, YY will probably come under pressure to make changes. 
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I’m a big fan of YY but the Chinese at DCI is nowhere near adequate. When (not if) the kids score low it will be DCI that needs to make changes. [/quote]

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