I didn’t think much when I saw the scruffy black furred creature sitting in our kitchen. Her face seemed too long, her body too stout. She was downright unappealing to look at. At first. Her name, much like herself, appeared out of nowhere. Jenn was taken with Topeka the day she found her. A stray […]
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Like/Not-Like The Others
Several months ago I wrote about the experience of visiting ACCA’s pre-school Mandarin class at Emory University. It didn’t go well. Nevertheless we decided to enroll Penelope in the Spring semester class, accepting the risk of Penelope hating it. If she hated it we would withdraw her and forfeit the tuition. If she enjoyed the […]
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I Wish We Had This Problem
A fascinating article here from Mandarin Immersion Parents Council on Lake Forrest, Illinois immersion program. I wish we had the problem. As it stands the only public immersion school is in Henry County (don’t live there, can’t enroll in the charter school). Attendance in the Lake Forrest immersion class has skyrocketed, leaving the English program in […]
