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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people pick immersion because they like the idea of being able to say, "My kid speaks two languages!"  It makes their kids sound smarter than your kid  :mrgreen: .[/quote]

I have yet to meet an immersion kid (from monolingual family) that actually speaks another language. Sure they can say many words and a few sentences but they aren't really fluent. When I look at the scores (specifically advanced and at LAMB and YY) I don't see kids excelling in the basics. My fear is that the language exposure is actually limiting them. I'm even looking at white only (aka non FARM) and not impressed. So I don't think you can get STEM at immersion (at least not in DC). And yes I have seen the studies (no need for links).[/quote]

"No need for links," or facts for that matter.  You sound willfully ignorant.[/quote]

How so? Let me elaborate. All of the "studies" I have seen have no bearing on DC kids. Any way you cut it, immersion in DC (save Oyster) is not all it's cracked up to be. More important to teach reading, math and science.[/quote]

Few things:

1) My 3.5 yo doesn't listen to me in English--I don't need to deal with him arguing with me in another language.

2) The parents at the all the immersion schools seem to me intense, humorless, self-important and pretentious.

3) At least in the charters and DCPS immersion programs near me, there are hardly ANY spots for PK3. So it's not like we truly have the "option" of immersion education even if it was a priority. It's all luck. Given that, it didn't seem strategically wise for us to rank the immersion schools high in the lottery. [/quote]

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