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My wife really wants our kids to get into one of these schools here in SF (which may be a long shot, as the public schools are on a lottery system).

Are there any programs like this in any MT schools, for Chinese or any other languages? I'm just curious how widespread this sort of thing has become.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087 ... 51132.html

Here in America we speak American! Who cares if the Chinese own us.

No that SH!T don't fly up here in FREEDOM LAND aka MONTANA.

LongTimeCatFan wrote:Here in America we speak American! Who cares if the Chinese own us.

No that SH!T don't fly up here in FREEDOM LAND aka MONTANA.

And BAC wonders why its been a tough sell convincing his wife to eventually move to MT.

That said BAC, no I have never heard of anything like this and would have to agree with the gist above that I would bet it won't be found here for quite some time.

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Bay Area Cat wrote:My wife really wants our kids to get into one of these schools here in SF (which may be a long shot, as the public schools are on a lottery system).

Are there any programs like this in any MT schools, for Chinese or any other languages? I'm just curious how widespread this sort of thing has become.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087 ... 51132.html

The Montana digital academy offers Chinese to all publicly enrolled middle and high school students in Montana. Some high schools also offer it directly, but I'm not sure there is a full immersion school in the state. There are a few private preschools and Montessori type schools that offer something similar I believe. At least there were at one point as I dated a girl in college who had a daughter attending a French and Spanish immersion preschool.

geogfather wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:My wife really wants our kids to get into one of these schools here in SF (which may be a long shot, as the public schools are on a lottery system).

Are there any programs like this in any MT schools, for Chinese or any other languages? I'm just curious how widespread this sort of thing has become.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087 ... 51132.html

The Montana digital academy offers Chinese to all publicly enrolled middle and high school students in Montana. Some high schools also offer it directly, but I'm not sure there is a full immersion school in the state. There are a few private preschools and Montessori type schools that offer something similar I believe. At least there were at one point as I dated a girl in college who had a daughter attending a French and Spanish immersion preschool.

Thanks -- that's very helpful. It's good to know that if we were to ever move back, there would at least be some language programs available. Always being the guy in the room that only speaks one language (and can't seem to pick up other languages at all because of that, making me a crappy international businessperson/traveler), I'm very self-conscious about this stuff and agree with my wife that it would definitely be nice for our kids to grow up speaking multiple languages.

The state schools here teach Japanese. (not sure if that's all QLD or just Mackay) That seemed such an odd choice to me.

Aussies from what I've found speak one language very unashamedly.

I was not aware of any immersion schools in Fargo/ND either. It would probably be the Ole and Lena school there! Oh for fun!!

Bay Area Cat wrote:My wife really wants our kids to get into one of these schools here in SF (which may be a long shot, as the public schools are on a lottery system).

Are there any programs like this in any MT schools, for Chinese or any other languages? I'm just curious how widespread this sort of thing has become.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087 ... 51132.html

These schools are very popular in Utah. Also the school district where I teach in Idaho is going to implement Chinese immersion next year. We are a hour south of west Yellowstone so 2.5-3 hours to Bozeman.

ChiOCat wrote:The state schools here teach Japanese. (not sure if that's all QLD or just Mackay) That seemed such an odd choice to me.

Aussies from what I've found speak one language very unashamedly.

I was not aware of any immersion schools in Fargo/ND either. It would probably be the Ole and Lena school there! Oh for fun!!

Ya, sure..............you betcha!

vike_king wrote:

ChiOCat wrote:The state schools here teach Japanese. (not sure if that's all QLD or just Mackay) That seemed such an odd choice to me.

Aussies from what I've found speak one language very unashamedly.

I was not aware of any immersion schools in Fargo/ND either. It would probably be the Ole and Lena school there! Oh for fun!!

Ya, sure..............you betcha!

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vike_king wrote:

ChiOCat wrote:The state schools here teach Japanese. (not sure if that's all QLD or just Mackay) That seemed such an odd choice to me.

Aussies from what I've found speak one language very unashamedly.

I was not aware of any immersion schools in Fargo/ND either. It would probably be the Ole and Lena school there! Oh for fun!!

Ya, sure..............you betcha!

Don'tcha know?

Old Skool Cat wrote:

vike_king wrote:

ChiOCat wrote:The state schools here teach Japanese. (not sure if that's all QLD or just Mackay) That seemed such an odd choice to me.

Aussies from what I've found speak one language very unashamedly.

I was not aware of any immersion schools in Fargo/ND either. It would probably be the Ole and Lena school there! Oh for fun!!

Ya, sure..............you betcha!

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We never really thought that accent was widespread while we were there....but we had a voicemail on our Vonage phone yesterday, it was a wrong number from a school in Fargo. After we listened to the message we both shook our heads and said "wow, that was a STRONG accent!!" I'm not sure if we just happened to get a strong one, or if we'd become immune. But they do exist!

BTW, I've gotten to wear I have to listen a minute to figure out if it's an Aussie or American/Canadian accent.