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[quote=Anonymous]My life has been very enriched personally and professionally by learning a second language, but I agree that the fetishization of learning mandarin is odd. The chances of your kid becoming a factory manager in mainline china and needing to speak mandarin are slim to none. I know American ex pats in HK and they all work in English. Further, there is no reason to think your kid is going to want to be an international businessman just because you enrolled him in Yu Ying at 3. I'm sure it can be a great experience to be exposed to a second language and culture so young, but it's a bit too much to claim thag Mandarin is putting 3 year olds on the path to global dominance.[/quote]
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