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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am really heartened to hear from these (thoughtful) YY parents. But I have to agree with 03:40, the Russian-speaking parent who went to a YY Open House. I too am Chinese American and was a bit surprised by the tone of the principal's response when asked how many Chinese-speaking families there were at the school. Sigh. And I appreciate she is thinking of kids and curriculum and teachers first and foremost and she doesn't suffer fools lightly. But both she and the executive director would really do a huge service to the school they so love and want to succeed by simply being a little more polite -- that's a basic thing. And perhaps less defensive, too, that would go a long, logng way.[/quote]

Well given all of the attacks the school gets that they don't have more Chinese American kids- something that is beyond their control- I can understand why they are a little defensive and tired of responding to the same question. I agree it doesn't excuse being rude and its a shame that this one interaction would deter families away from what is a fabulous school, but it is sounds like people are lobbing this question in an accusatory way which may be why the respond in this manner.

I participate in a car pool and am amazed that the kids often all speak to each other in Chinese on the way home. This is probably because they think of it as a secret language I won't understand (which makes us nervous about what they will plot in their older years!) but whatever the reason, it is amazing to hear them![/quote]

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