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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps rather than beating up on immersion programs on an anonymous web forum, concerned parents can take up educational activism to increase good quality schools for 'average" kids.  If a typical child cannot read at grade level by 3rd grade then it is more than the school staff's issue, it is the parent's fault too.  If your kid is not reading independently simple sentences by the end of 1st grade,  alarm bells should be going off and as a parent you should seek out help not wait for a 3rd grade standardized test.[/quote]

PP (and advocate) here... My point was that parents blindly place their children in these programs without having done any research on what it actually takes to raise/educate a bilingual child.  I would advocate (anonymously here, yes) that families understand their children's unique qualities and needs AND have a real understanding of the education model they are signing up for.  I actually think that dual-language immersion programs should be more common than they are, and it would be wonderful if the States could eventually catch up to other nations that teach foreign language starting in early childhood.  The difference is that foreign language[i] instruction[/i] and dual-language [i]immersion[/i] are two different things.  Can you honestly tell me that the families that attend a school such as YY regularly exercise their child's knowledge of the Mandarin language?!  If you really want your child to get ahead and have the amazing advantage of being multilingual, then set the example and learn a foreign language yourself!  It is so frustrating to read these posts time and time again, by people who have no actual knowledge to back up their opinions.  EVERY parent should be an educational advocate and, of course, realize that the parent is the primary educator of the child.[/quote]

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