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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the YY kids get 4s or 5s on AP Chinese - that would be a success - and every post by native speakers reveals a pronounced racism that they should try and work through rather than spill their bile continually on this board. The majority of children in DC are black and Hispanic. There are more Vietnamese families in DC than Chinese. Any given PCS or DCPS by definition is supposed to be serving the majority of the kids in DC. [/quote]

No, any given DCPS is by definition supposed to primarily serve the students residing in its catchment area (explaining why a dozen DCPS elementary schools support FARMs rates in the single digits).

Public immersion schools aren't serving DC students well if most of their students' language skills are laughable after 5, 10 even 15 years of intensive study.  As a city, we can function in the realm of avoiding hurt feelings at all costs, or strive to run world-class schools, not both.

PS.  Most DC Vietnamese are "Hoa," Cantonese speakers in the older generation. They very seldom choose YY but pick up Mandarin easily because they already speak at least two tonal languages.[/quote]

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