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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i like it because it's so different from english, tonal and pictogram. I hope it's stretching their brains in ways that are easier now than when they are older. [b]Spanish, for instance, is close enough to English that I think it'll be easier to pick up the basics later on. (though I don't understand why french immersion and not spanish...seems more useful[/b].)

and why alternative programs? if the local school is dismal, maybe we want an alternative.  Especially if we otherwise like our house and neighbors. I might not be helping my neighborhood school by using alternatives, but the neighborhood is also more stable by our remaining here. Not our situation but I know a lot of people stuck underwater on their mortgages so they can't easily move.

Lastly, when it comes to school when there's only one flavor, and each child is different, some don't fit well, and then what? Decide they are failures at 8 years old?[/quote]

1.  "Pick up the basics" is one thing; fluency is another.  Immersion confers fluency, in most cases (certainly in my kids' cases).  Early is better w/regard to language learning.
2.  Why French and not Spanish immersion?  Because that is the lottery that worked out.  In the public school lottery system, you do not get a choice, and in our view immersion is good regardless of which language you are learning.[/quote]

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