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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it is not at all common to send kids to China for summer school. I know of a few families who visit there during the summer or during the school year. But I know of none who would take their child for summer school and expect them to do all of the communicating for their parents, especially a kindergartner. Is this a joke? Please tell me this is a joke.[/quote]

Grandparents live in Asia near China so we usually go there anyway.  Grandparents also read and speak Mandarin and holiday in China often so we would be going with them for part of the trip but yes, DC would be attending Mandarin camp for foreigners (kids).  It's common for kids in our country to go to China in the summer to learn Mandarin.

I don't think this is that common at Yu Ying.  [/quote]

WHAT? You have relatives in China? Impossible. I have it on good authority from a certain troll that anyone who's really Chinese wouldn't send their kids to Yu Ying.[/quote]

LOL!  If it matters, we're not Chinese.

We don't supplement DC's Mandarin at all.  Don't even do the 10 minutes of Mandarin homework.  Horrors, I know.  No Mandarin speaking au pair although we sometimes hire people to babysit who speak Mandarin but DC prefers to speak English to them.  We are not pushy about speaking Mandarin.  DC's Mandarin is where it should be in all the assessments just the same.
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That is very very helpful to know.  At first when we got in we were so thrilled, and we're still thrilled but we are only now starting to absorb what is in front of us (besides expensive although rumored to be great aftercare!) in terms of how we adjust our lives and our educational support of our child.  We're willing to do what we can, but there are obviously limits, and it is a HUGE relief to know that families are happy and successful at YY without summer-ing in China every year and having a Mandarin-speaking cadre of staff in their homes.[/quote]

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