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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gosh. Such a negative spin on what would be a wonderful program. You can't win for losing in this city. And I bet all of the supposed homeless advocates don't have children at Miner or live in the community. I hope the organizers will ignore them and their irrelevant thoughts and go full steam ahead. There's always this assumption that we need to coddle "the poors" and they couldn't possibly want an innovative immersion program. It's pretty condescending. I'm just lucky we're at a wonderful immersion school- with a large cohort of FARMs children who are amazing and are thriving very well. You almost have to wonder if there isn't some hidden agendy from naysayers. Perhaps they want slots for themselves and so they'd rather to pretend to care about poor children when really they want immersion for themselves.[/quote]

If you want to find out what the homeless families who send their kids to Miner would like, host a meeting at the homeless shelter, or at least hand out fliers there. Miner will also have a homeless outreach coordinator who can tell parents about these meetings.  I'm not homeless and can't speak for them.  I'm sure some families would be interested in Mandarin, some might like dual language but prefer Spanish/French/something else, and some would have questions or concerns.

And consider the possibility that there are different types of families getting FARMs (native English speakers vs. immigrants speaking the target language of your immersion school; a mom and two kids living on under $500 a month in TANF vs. the $36,000 that would still qualify for reduced-price meals; at DC General vs. in an apartment) and different types of schools (charter or PK where the kids had to win a lottery vs. neighborhood schools that have to take everyone).[/quote]You're probably a white person who thinks you know what's best for black people. Um, sorry. You're not that important! Again, OP. Please ignore the loud uneducation peanut gallery and move forward. People will do anything and say anything to prevent innovation for black and brown people. I'm excited as the prospect of the school and hope it works. There's example after example of immersion programs sprouting up and changing the community for the better. Miner can do it too![/quote]

I don't care what race you are. If you come to the school in the middle of the year and everyone's speaking Mandarin for part of the day, you're going to be lost. And if you leave the school and go somewhere else where they didn't spend half their time learning Chinese, it's going to be harder to catch up. Maybe there are a lot of families who are interested in it anyway.  But the only way to find out is to ask them.[/quote]Well, we care about what race you are- a white person masquerading as an avenger of the lost black and brown people of the world. Do us a favor, leave us alone. We don't need you deciding what's best for us. And your sociology degree and stint in the Peace Corps doesn't matter either. Go back to Seattle or Oregon and pntificate over there.[/quote]

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