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[quote=Anonymous]OP here...some very helpfull posts that confirm my thinking...YY has a reputation for being rigorous, which is great, and it goes through H/S, whereas MV only goes through 8th grade.  So I woudn't have to go through the stress of finding another program when my son is most vulnerable to teenage angst.  Chinese language, if you can master it, is a unique skill in the US that may be important to a future career...and be an interesting/unique cultural experience (as would Spanish). There's also a bit of a yuppy prestige factor to Mandarin, which maybe I've been sucked into.  But, there's nothing glamorous about men spitting on restaurant floors in Shanghai and it's not clear that the kids will master the language by 12th grade.  There's like 5K characters, right? Also, Spanish is likely to be much more widely used in the US.  It's simpler, but also more widely spoken, so it won't be difficult to master/maintain.

When this option first became a reaity I thought "...but everyone speaks Spanish.  Chinese has to be a more important skill."  Now I'm not so sure.  By the way, I'm totally sold on the IMMERSION (vice "emersion" in my OP) thing.  I think it's got to be good for congitive development and it's a skill I've always wish I had...though I've traveled to most points on this planet and very rarely had a problem getting by with English.  But I am concerned that helping my son at home could be difficult.

Apologies for the undetected spelling errors. Why are people always so snarky on this forum?[/quote]

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