Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what immersion everyone is talking about. It seems that all the kids signed up are going with one or two parents. It does make sense considering how young these kids are but it takes away the idea of "immersion" as I would bet that the kids won't have to speak Chinese much during a trip with mom-and-dad (well -- except the kids already speaking Chinese at home).
Plus it makes it a really weird "school trip"...
clearly you don't know what you're talking about since many kids are going without parents, and those parents who are going have already discussed how to make this a non-english speaking trip. you're just another nasty hater with an axe to grind. why don't you use your power for good instead of evil???
Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what immersion everyone is talking about. It seems that all the kids signed up are going with one or two parents. It does make sense considering how young these kids are but it takes away the idea of "immersion" as I would bet that the kids won't have to speak Chinese much during a trip with mom-and-dad (well -- except the kids already speaking Chinese at home).
Plus it makes it a really weird "school trip"...
Anonymous wrote:It's a Chinese immersion school. We send DC there to learn Chinese and plan on spending next summer in China for 6 wks as a way to support the language. DC is in a lower grade and it's hard to support Mandarin even in an immersion school. The trip is a great idea and I hope everyone who wants to go, gets to go. They deserve it after studying Mandarin for 5+ yrs.