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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We (amazingly) are likely to get in for 1st grade next year.  I didn't even visit because I thought the chances of us getting in were probably slim to none.

Now that I'm here, what would it be like for my child that has some (but not bilingual) Spanish to enter at this grade level?[/quote]

Way to set your kid up for failure!  I guess it's more important for you to brag to your coworkers that your kid goes to an immersion school than actually, you know, doing what's best for your child. Best of luck to your kid. They'll need it. [/quote]

Probably wouldn't matter much to my coworkers, as most of my coworkers ar trilingual or more.  Sadly, Spanish isn't one of my languages (or my husbands).

Assume you are monolingual?[/quote]

Try again.  Unlike you, my children and I speak several languages. Here is my question- if Spanish was so important to you for your child, why are you only going for it once it is free?  Do you really expect it to be easy and not at all confusing for your kid?  One day they understand everything, and the next is a total blur of incomprehension.  I just am stunned by the total lack of care you have not only for your own child, but for the other kids who will be stuck in a classroom with a confused kid who is missing out on half the classes because they don't know what's going on.  How selfish of you to do that not only to your child but to the teacher and other children. By the way, it is hard to teach a child another language. Sure, in a few weeks they'll impress you with some phrases they've managed to pick up. Maybe they'll have some basic conversational skills.  But true bilingualism can't be achieved by every other day instruction, when you're in 1st grade. Then again since YOU don't speak Spanish you won't even know how garbled it is. I guess ignorance is bliss. [/quote]

I am fully fluent in a language that I started learning in college. The idea that 1st grade is somehow too late is just silly. And even if you don't agree with someone's choices, there's no need to take such a nasty tone.[/quote]

No when someone is being that reckless with their child's education, that tone is justified. Furthermore she personally attacked me as well. I honestly would say what I wrote here to OP's face- OP is being selfish and not putting her child's best interests first.

In college, PP, YOU chose to learn another language and become "fully fluent" (I've met too many "fully fluent" speakers of other languages who are not hence the quotes). In this case OP's kid may be motivated to speak Spanish and do okay, or may drag down the whole class because they are scared and confused and not able or willing to learn quickly enough to catch up with the kids who've had 3 years of Spanish already.

Obviously OP has made the decision to move her kid to MV. Other parents on here can pretend like that's a good decision, or they can be honest with themselves and OP. [/quote]

First, I haven't made a decision to move my child. I was asking for feedback. I wonder if you would have been this nasty to my face?  If so, I'm happy to meet you in person to discuss your feelings about the topic. Just let me know when and where. I will be there. [/quote]

That sounds like a threat. And you sound deranged. I said what I said and you can hear the truth and it upsets you. [/quote]

Not the OP, and it's you who comes across as deranged.  She sounds civil.  You sound like you're reacting to the voices in your head.[/quote]

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