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[quote=Anonymous]We are an international family from WB, IMF, etc. we speak 3 languages at home and decided to not apply to WIS. Many of our friends send their kids to WIS. We decided for another well known school in DC. We have many reasons for this decision. We wanted more exposure to the American culture since the kids are not getting it at home, Spanish and French are not languages we speak and I think bilingual education can be inferior. I remember reading that when teachers have to “deal” with kids that don’t speak the language perfectly, they have to dumb down the content a bit. Meaning that teachers will spend sometime making sure everyone understand instructions and therefore less time to dig deeper. Again, my kids speak 3 languages and are very international so for me it was an easy decision. Had I been American, I would have definitely preferred WIS because I appreciate how important it is to experience, understand and breath different cultures[/quote]
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