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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a great relief for the parents of the school.[/quote]

I'm sure that will be a common reaction, but as a parent at YY who is really disappointed, please don't assume to speak for the entire parent community.  It never makes sense to make a mass generalization like "great relief for the parents of the school", and in this case I know several like me who were already planning and saving for this trip (kids in 1st and 2nd for us) and we were really looking forward to that amazing experience that they set up for last year.

I totally understand the decision, and it makes sense given the stress it's caused so many, but we had already been rallying parents in our grades to think of other ways to plan for this cost and we felt like we were going to pull it off. [b] Going to China after 7 yrs of studying Mandarin is a FANTASTIC way to culminate the long journey[/b], and while yes, families can always elect to go on their own, the set up for the YY trip last year was amazing and unique (especially the homestay with a family and time in the Chinese school going to classes).  We are really sorry that's not going to happen, but we understand why.[/quote]

What would be an even more fantastic way of studying Mandarin is to actually practice it along the way during the 7 years with the many Chinese people who live right here in the area.  I think it's weird you are willing to go all the way to China to see and speak to Chinese people but you aren't willing to do it right here at home. [/quote]

Cool, I didn't realize you were a close personal friend of mine and my family!  Because you must be, otherwise how do you have even the faintest clue what we do and don't do here?  You didn't just, like, jump to a major conclusion that simply because we were looking forward to a trip to China in a few years, we don't do ANYTHING with local Chinese celebrations and events and cultural opportunities in the DC area... or did you?

Yeah, you did.[/quote]

meh, whatever.  The bottom line is you made it sound like a trip to China is the only way a child could possibly use Mandarian.[/quote]

Own your own hyperbole.  You bolded my quote yourself, I just said it was a fantastic way to celebrate that long journey.  If you read into that that I was saying "it's the only way a child could possibly use Mandarin", that ridiculous jummp is on you alone. [/quote]

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