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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a tutor! This is the delusional DC immersion charter mentality in a nutshell.

We have a tutor, so the kid speaks the language well. Never mind the fact that we know little about this language and culture and don't have ethnic friends or neighbors who speak this language with our child. We deny that the kid needs a Chinese-speaking adult in the home or bilingual peers to speak this language.

Totally ridiculous.[/quote]

i regret choosing YY, but I disagree with this statement. DC public charter schools are for all DC children. Just because a child doesn't have a tie to a language doesn't mean they should be denied the opportunity to learn it. And then their offspring and all successive generations should be denied that same opportunity? So poor kids and their descendants are permanently excluded because they don't have the same opportunities to form these ties?

Now if you want to discuss the school horrible leadership and execution of Mandarin immersion, then that's fair.[/quote]

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