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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, but I beg to differ. 75% of the student body at an immersion school, with immersion feeders schools, has intermediate language skills in very easy languages like Spanish and French? Those are very, very low standards. I know upper elementary students at feeders that can barely string together a sentence after 5+ years of immersion starting in ECE. Highly doubt the student body will get markedly better once the lifelong feeder kids make their way up.

And 15 of 66 kids got the Diploma, that’s 23%. And we can’t assume their scores are upper 20s, they could easily be higher or lower since that information wasn’t published. I’m sure some kids did well despite low standards, but I’m just tired of how disingenuous the narrative is in DC that we’re providing kids excellent, competitive academic options. We’re settling and justifying ourselves, and that just makes me sad for everyone.[/quote]

You nailed it, PP. Sure, a few kids will do well anywhere despite low standards. But the DCPC immersion narrative has been disingenuous all along.

I worked at one of the IBD programs in MoCo. As a result, I know that average pass point totals per IB World School are public information available to researchers who contact Geneva directly. The total for DCI in 2020 was 26 on a 24-45 point scale.

Native speakers of Chinese have long point out that the narrative is disingenuous on DCUM. When they do, they're called racist jerks seeking preferential treatment for their children by parents who cling to the non-competitive status quo.

YY has never even bothered to hire a head who can string together a coherent sentence in Chinese. The arrangement obviously doesn't provide kids with an "excellent, competitive academic option" for learning Chinese. Even so, YY stakeholders defend and maintain it endlessly. This sort of sad justification hurts everybody involved.[/quote]

YY Pros
- beautiful building
- fun grounds
- safe
- easy commute (yeah!)
- great kids - many good friends for DC

YY Cons
- DC knows *very* little Chinese after 6 years. Remarkably little.
- DC hates Chinese language and never wants to study it again
- Most important: DC, who is gifted in math, is well behind where sibling was at that age in both ELA and Math -- thanks to Chinese

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Your honesty impresses me. So what happens next? DCI?

We're native speakers of Chinese who lasted a year at YY. Didn't care for the tone deaf administration, poor treatment of Chinese teachers tethered to one-year work visas, or cult of slavish boosters without a clue about Chinese culture. We bailed for a house in Upper NW, a DCPS program, and a strong Chinese program for immigrant families on weekends. My children speak Chinese decently for ABCs, and do well in ELA and math.[/quote]

THIS THREAD is about DCI. Make your own thread about Yu Ying as you have several hundred times already.

If I ever meet a native Chinese speaker in UNW I'm going to wonder...is it you? I guess I can easily find out by innocently asking, do you think highly of Yu Ying?[/quote]

Get a grip, try to see the forest for the trees for a change. I say this although I'm not....the person you're responding to.

What this long thread tells me is that the tyranny of mediocrity of DCI is hitting up against new resistance. This is happening despite a few impressive college acceptances. I'd wager that the momentum for change will build.

The development is positive and interesting, unlike you, the mom who constantly obsesses about annoying posters. Move on, please.[/quote]

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