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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Parents in this city take immersion far too lightly and it's not always a net positive for their children. But you'll never convince parents that feel like they won the lottery of that.[/quote]

Maybe but some parents in this city take immersion far too seriously and decide if the kid isn't at native speaker level or even fluent, it's pointless.  Whereas for many people, if the child is decently conversational, and not otherwise behind, that's a net positive.  If you go to Europe, where they do various degrees of language immersion from elementary grades, you find people are comfortable holding conversations in multiple languages.  Usually not perfectly, but well enough, and no one expects perfect fluency as the bar.  As long as your child isn't stressed and the school is supportive, it's fine that they don't speak the language perfectly.  [/quote]

Right? Unless you sound like you've been speaking Venezuelan Spanish since birth, your language skills are useless![/quote]

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