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[quote=Anonymous]Because Mandarin is, apart from being super hip, v. difficult to learn. The science indicates that knowledge of Chinese characters young sets the stage for learning tough math and science later on. What's more, it's impressive to be able to say (in a low voice, practically a whisper) "You know, it's amazing, my kindergartener has really taken off with his Mandarin at BASIS." Best of all, the prospect of Mandarin instruction will do a kick-ass job is deterring the names of undesirables who clearly can't handle Mandarin (or tough math or science) from going into the K hat. The YuYing lottery has proven this without a doubt over the years. It's a no brainer, BASIS can hardly go wrong with Mandarin for little kids, even they are likely to surrender their language edge as older kids, while languishing in the polyglot desert of 5th-7th grades at BASIS, and the purgatory of beginning language instruction only in 8th and 9th grades.[/quote]
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