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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+100. Lord Hear our Prayer. Cantonese speaker, offered YY spot early on, didn't bite, stayed IB. Guessed that we wouldn't be able to speak freely, that they wouldn't get us, that we'd feel out of place. Lost sleep over concept of extended family strenuously objecting to our heading to school w/admins who don't speak Chinese. Though, seriously, if the principal had broken out in beautiful Mandarin to YeYe and MaMa (grandpa & grandma) I'm confident I could have won them over on the AA issue, employing shaming tactics. Whatever the case. Enjoyed big Chinese New Year party at MoCo heritage school with DC families as per usual.

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DC at YY and we're happy although of course things can always be improved.  I do wish that there were more native speakers but [b]am a bit taken aback (well, not very as this has come up on other threads before) by the sense of entitlement that some of the Asian-Americans/dialect speaking posters. [/b] There is a Chinese outreach committee that is part of the Parent Teacher Association but honestly having read this thread (and all of the previous hugely long one), I think it would be almost impossible to satisfy these dialect speakers.  They want to be courted, given preference, have an administrator who speaks that dialect... I think it would be impossible to satisfy all their demands.  And it was truly disturbing to read some of the outright blatant racist remarks.  The school will always be too diverse, too English-speaking, not enough Chinese-speaking admins for them... As I said on a previous thread, charters are started by interested individuals so the dialect speaking parents can band together to consider starting another one - YY is oversubscribed and there is definitely room for another.[/quote]

Me too!  Of course, I would love more native Chinese speakers of any dialect at Yu Ying, but not if it comes at the expense of the majority of children in this city.  Yu Ying - like any other public school - exists first and foremost to be a school for the students of DC, not a specifically Chinese school.  If someone wants a "Chinese school" as opposed to a "DC public Mandarin-immersion school" they should be looking at weekend classes or cultural organizations.  The racism and sense of privilege and entitlement I've seen on this thread, from people who think the school and administration should kowtow to them is disturbing.

People all over the world learn English in their classrooms, without the presence of native English speakers.  I'm sure they'd like them, but they're learning the language with or without them.  I want Yu Ying to continue to treat lower-SES students, and students of color with no less or more preference than what is shown to students who come in with the benefit of language support at home.[/quote]

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