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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.....
My reasons for choosing Japanese are NOT political nor economical. The most important thing is that children have the opportunity to learn a second language. Whichever language a parent chooses for their child is a personal decision. We cannot predict which language is going to be the HOT language 20 or 30 years from now. If this idea is pursued, copious research will be done to address the ideas or issues expressed here and beyond.[/quote]

Um actually you can OP.  I work in Planning and study demographic trends all day.  The world is shrinking in terms of unique cultures/languages so yes its actually quite easy to predict "hot" languages over the next 20-30 years if your define hot by the number of predicted speakers.  Japanese is a dying language unfortunately unless every woman in Japan gives birth to at least three kids or 2) they try colonizing other countries.  So far neither is likely to happen.[/quote]

Actually, I work in a closely related field to demography myself. If Japanese is indeed a dying language, then that alone can heighten the importance of opening a Japanese immersion program. Especially if it is your heritage language.[/quote]

Not enough Japanese in the DC proper to enroll to keep the heritage language alived, is there?[/quote]

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