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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'd enroll at CMI without looking back. YY WL is very unlikely to move four spots and the school isn't all it's cracked up to be. [b]The kids Chinese conversational skills are weak, unless families host aupairs. Few parents know it. Most of the kids speak a strange robotic formal sounding Mandarin with flat tones. [/b]You can't discuss YY pros and cons here without being told to shut up and go away because you are a "heritage parent" or "troll." I'm a white Mandarin speaker. We are not returning to YY, moving on to WIS.  [/quote]

I have no need to call you any names.  I do however have an entirely different experience of native Mandarin-speakers' reactions to my rising 3rd grade child's Chinese.  Over and over again I hear how well she speaks and how good her tones are.  A few people I know better than just passing by and have asked them to be brutally honest.  They say they mean what they say, for the amount of time my child has been at YY (only 4 yrs so far, 1 immersion year and 3 50/50) she's doing exceptionally well.

You are entitled to your opinion, but clearly my actual experience means more to me in terms of judging my child's progress than your post on an anonymous message board (and you're free to feel the same way about my post).

For anyone really interested, go to the school yourself.  If you don't speak Mandarin yourself, find a way to get feedback from a native Mandarin-speaker that you trust on what they hear when they go to a YY open house or presentation.

Lastly, I only know a few parents who have Chinese au pairs or tutors.  Most so far do not, and of the parents whose kids have moved on to DCI, few of them used tutors or au pairs in the later grades.  Also something to ask YY parents who might attend open houses or stand at the YY table at EdFest.  (OP I know that doesn't apply to you since you need to make a decision fast.  But you can definitely go to the school more though and ask questions.)[/quote]

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