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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've asked several families at DCI middle Spanish track (a couple with ninth graders now) about whether they're needed to supplement and they've mostly looked at me like I have two heads. "Who has time/money/tiger parent insecurity like that?" is generally the tone of the response.

Maybe it's different at the high school or maybe I happen to know more laid back families than people who post here. Overall they seem happy with the school.[/quote]

The YY Chinese parents and the Spanish immersion parents are very different.

Most YY parents could care less if their kid is fluent in Chinese.  They are fine with exposure. None of them speak any Chinese at home or have any native speaking friends.  Language is not their top priority.

The Spanish immersion parents, many are native speaking or fluent.  Others like us, who are neither, are serious about Spanish and supplement.  We all went in because language fluency is our too priority.   Of course there are Spanish immersion families who are like the YY families who are not serious about languages.  But I don’t see many if this group at our school.

So I’m not surprised the YY crowd, there is less but in at DCI.  Their kids won’t be able to earn the IB diploma.

I can also bet that many of the unhappy parents here at from the YY crowd
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