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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ If only the world worked like this.  Not even in the program yet and already drinking the Kool-aid.

Check back with us 7 or 8 years from now. [/quote]

How about you pull back from the wine bottle, and pay your children and husband some attention! Oops, my bad... that's why you have your au pair.

Check back with me 7 or 8 years from now, after your husband has left you and started a new family with your au pair!  :mrgreen:

***sips blue raspberry lemonade Kool-aid***  it's my favorite kind!! [/quote]

Not at YY, new poster, no dog in this fight-

While I understand that a lot of these YY posts are pretty hostile, I think it is important to note that a lot of parents have magical thinking when it comes to immersion. It would also benefit everyone to have a close connection with families who have native level proficiency.

I understand that it easy to say that those with au pairs are privileged, which is true, but it is equally true that the school isn’t going to magically turn your monolingual child into a multilingual child without some really hard work and sacrifices on your part. We save as much as we can to travel to Spanish speaking places (at a Spanish immersion school) and really put significant effort to maximize Spanish speaking situations (camps, tutors, enrichment, etc) and we are a Spanish speaking family!

If you’re not willing to do anything outside of the minimum, I’m sorry but the [b]chances of your child actually speaking the target language are really low[/b]. [/quote]

Great post, PP. Really low is right (not that many immersion parents mind). To my mind, most of the critical posts on this particular thread haven't been "hostile" as much as inconveniently incisive.

You're right that magical thinking is sadly pervasive in the world of DC public charter immersion. When parents insist that they don't need a close connection with families who have a native level proficiency during the years of immersion, or regular childcare providers who speak the target language either, the joke is on the immersion students who don't speak the target language at home.

In our several years of recent experience with an immersion program, the hard work and sacrifices are mostly lacking in these DC charter programs. You meet many families with the resources to provide the necessary language inputs who don't bother.  You see more of what it takes at Oyster.[/quote]

I wouldn’t hold oyster up as an example, sorry. They’re a mess and don’t do a good job teaching grammar. [/quote]

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