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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^S/he's not wrong.

We hosted Chinese au pairs for years AND paid for 2 summers at a big 2-week immersion Concordia Camp. We have since moved on from YuYing to a private w/a strong Chinese program.

To my knowledge, we were the only YuYing families at ANY Chinese Concordia camp both summers  - they offer 1,2 and 4-week Mandarin immersion camps. PLENTY OF OTHER families could have hosted au pairs and/or paid for the camp without difficulty.

Guess what? Other high SES families in the school community paid for summer vacations to Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean etc. along with pricey enrichment camps running them more. At the camp, we met many other public Chinese immersion kids/families from all around the US + Canada.  The campers included a couple kids in DC public schools but not at YuYing. They spoke excellent Mandarin (unlike DS)...

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NP.  I'm not disagreeing with your premise that some YY parents could stand to do more to support the language, but you're making a huge assumption that parents are choosing to NOT do these things because they aren't that committed to Chinese.  I, for example, would not be comfortable sending my 10 year old to camp a thousand miles away.  Expense and commitment to Chinese have nothing to do with it. I also have no need for an au pair because I SAH.  Many of the YY families I know also have a SAHP.  So, while I agree that immersion requires a level of commitment outside of school, your examples and the assumptions you make are misplaced. [/quote]

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