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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get the straw man of "why are people complaining my YY kid doesn't speak perfect Chinese???"

My concern is that a second grader can't say most things a second grader thinks, i.e., isn't "growing up" in proficiency in the language as they grow up, as in, kids not able to take what they're thinking in English like, "hey I just got a new LEGO set and I love it," if they can't say anything more complicated than "I don't eat pork."[/quote]

No, you have it backwards. Why are you "concerned" about these children at all? They are [b]children[/b] who are learning a second, and for many YY kids, a third foreign language. Who are you to determine how far some random second grader should be in their foreign language studies? Do you think all the Sela second graders are expressing themselves in second grade level Hebrew? Are you angry at the Reggio Emilia kids who produce perfectly average art despite being in an arts-focused school? What is wrong with people who are sniping at children who are tackling a language most American adults find impossible to learn at all??[/quote]

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