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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]18:08, there was a child who left last year, about 1/2 way through, so if it's possible that this student had 2.5 years at Yu Ying.

The Chinese instruction is largely curriculum-free and is taught by inexperienced young native speakers. It's not exactly the ideal situation for language instruction. Of course the English curriculum is equally weak and is also taught by inexperienced teachers.

Yu Ying needs to spend some serious coin next year hiring real teachers. Especially for the third and fourth grade. [/quote]

Not at YY so I don't know what you mean by weak instruction.  Have you observed the teachers in action?  Are you basing your opinion on student performance?  I am genuinely interested as I have heard others say this about YY and other schools, monolingual and bilingual and I want to know how someone comes to this conclusion.  If a child is doing okay (proficient) or well (advanced) based on testing and report cards, how do you know if the curriculum is weak?  My parents didn't put much thought into my education (I went to average parochial schools and my brother to urban public schools) and it never became an issue because my brother and I always did well and ended up at top tier universities.  Now as a parent, I wonder should I be worried about weak English and math curriculum?  I want my child to learn a second language and see advantages to this but after reading these posts it makes me think that past a certain grade, e.g. 3rd, parents are looking for strong teachers and curriculum to insure their child's entry into a good high school and eventually college.  Should I be concerned if my child (so far) is a good student and seems to do well without any struggle?  [/quote]

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