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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So basically what some of you are saying is that unless a skill or study  registers with and relates to you personally then you perceive it as a pointless pursuit.  
Hmmmm - I see why you have such difficulty understanding.  Enjoy your small closed-minded corner.[/quote]
No, you are missing my point. I'm NOT saying Mandarin or any other language is pointless, NOR am I saying it is pointless to study something that doesn't relate to me. What I AM saying is that students have a limited amount of time for learning, and perhaps for most students, that limited items is better spent learning things more useful than Mandarin. For those who really want to study Mandarin, or any other language, they should be able to study it. But for the many other students who won't get a lot from Mandarin, maybe their time is better spent pursuing something more useful.

When a school requires all students to start learning a language in 4th grade (or whatever age), it is essentially making a value judgment that learning another language is more valuable than whatever might otherwise fit in that spot - perhaps a daily science class, or maybe a world history class. That's the value judgment that annoys me, because I think more kids will get value out off the science class than the Mandarin class. [/quote]

Okay so don't send your kid to a Chinese immersion school.  Problem solved.  As for your questions/concerns about everyone else's children MYOB.
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