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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There is the kid who complains about being forced to do Kumon for math (mom let him drop it this year), and the handful of kids who go to Chinese school every week, but no giant test prep machine. [/quote]

To be fair, my mom-friends at the dance studio, tell me that [b]part of the time their kids spend at Korean or Russian or Chinese school on the weekends is spent on what are essentially test prep type lessons.[/b] They miss or come late to rehearsals because they spend a number of hours at their cultural school on the weekends. I used to think that they were learning their heritage language at that time, but I've been told by the parents and the kids that [b]a lot of the time is math and TJ prep[/b].

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How old are these kids? I 've never heard or seen this - and I've taught at one school and sent my kids to another, and I have friends in half a dozen Chinese language schools in MD/DC/VS, and this is completely news to me. For TJ preps, maybe, but 2/3rd grade AAP tests? Unheard of.[/quote]

Sorry, no, I didn't mean AAP prep, but TJ prep and extra math. The kids I've known are mid elementary and middle school age, but have been going to the school for years. The parents say they want the kids to take math classes that are ahead of their grade level so the classes at regular school are a review of what they've already learned. I got the impression from conversation that the math started at an early age, but that could be wrong. [b]Are you saying that the younger kids are only taking the language of their culture and no academic subjects at Saturday school?[/b]
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Yes, nothing but Chinese, at least from pre-k to 4th grade classes. There are non-Chinese enrichment classes afterwards - tennis, martial arts, dance, badminton, etc.

I'm pretty sure it's the same thing for older kids too. I mean we talk about Chinese schools a LOT among friends but this is the first time I've heard about some do more than languages.[/quote]

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