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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're native Mandarin speakers who tried YY for a year. We left because we weren't impressed with the Mandarin, or English, and didn't like being a program without true bilingual Chinese-speaking students (there are just a handful in the entire school). It's a very friendly place with good facilities, but it wasn't for us. We know a good many upper grades kids who've been in the school for 5 or 6 years who speak like robots below the level of our youngest child, who's 3. If you're content to scrape by in Mandarin at YY, really, no need to knock yourselves out. It's a reality that parents and admins don't want to acknowledge, but it's the reality nonetheless. [/quote]

Not OP but we lotteried for YY as well and I find this thread really interesting.  I understand your experience was one of not being impressed at all with the school, but I"m struggling to understand why you posted this experience here since it has nothing to do with OP's question about what it's like to enter K or later?  Or you just want everyone to know you don't think the Mandarin spoken by students there is worthwhile whenever anyone brings up YY for any reason?

I guess I'm also curious why you spend time reading YY discussions if that's how you feel about the school and you've voiced it already many times?[/quote]

NP here--My kids don't go to Yu Ying but I have several friends whose kids were members of the "bubble" class. One of those friends is a native Mandarin speaker and she's very pleased with the education, including the level of Mandarin spoken and understood by the students. I watched a video of one of my friends' kids (she's from a non-Chinese-American household) doing a presentation in Chinese and it was AMAZING. I'm sure there's a variety of experiences there, but the ones I've witnessed have been pretty impressive.[/quote]

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