Comments on: The continuing saga of Chinese school http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: American Family » Chinese School San Sui (year three?) http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/comment-page-1/#comment-94481 American Family » Chinese School San Sui (year three?) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:50:48 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/#comment-94481 [...] posts plugin, but if you are interested here they are:  Chinese school year one posts: one, two, three, four, five and six. Chinese school year two posts: one, [...] [...] posts plugin, but if you are interested here they are:  Chinese school year one posts: one, two, three, four, five and six. Chinese school year two posts: one, [...]

]]> By: AegisMode http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3255 AegisMode Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:01:32 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/#comment-3255 I can't believe any adopted culture will ask their Chinese child to date "white only". If that's true, oh my gosh, what a horrible fate await those unfortunate children. I can just see this new wave of adopted Chinese girls becoming just as confused as the adopted Korean kids of a previous generation. The potential for self-hate is so strong here, especially great majority of them are female. Let's just hope that they will a discover Asian cultures by themselves when they're old enough to use the internet. I hope they would all have the fortitue to escape from white culture long enougg to discover their dignity and even sanity. I will be praying for these poor girls. May they reject the white mainstream long enough to discover a world where an Asian face is the hallmark of beauty, and Asian males are object of desires. As the white dominance of popular culture crumbles, I have better hope for the future. I can’t believe any adopted culture will ask their Chinese child to date “white only”. If that’s true, oh my gosh, what a horrible fate await those unfortunate children.

I can just see this new wave of adopted Chinese girls becoming just as confused as the adopted Korean kids of a previous generation. The potential for self-hate is so strong here, especially great majority of them are female. Let’s just hope that they will a discover Asian cultures by themselves when they’re old enough to use the internet. I hope they would all have the fortitue to escape from white culture long enougg to discover their dignity and even sanity. I will be praying for these poor girls. May they reject the white mainstream long enough to discover a world where an Asian face is the hallmark of beauty, and Asian males are object of desires.

As the white dominance of popular culture crumbles, I have better hope for the future.

]]> By: HoldingPattern http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3242 HoldingPattern Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:27:37 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/#comment-3242 Oy. Reminds me of the time my Japanese American husband and I went to an adoption seminar on domestic adoption. Some white chick said to my husband, "Excuse me, but the INTERNATIONAL adoption session is down the hall." Oy. Reminds me of the time my Japanese American husband and I went to an adoption seminar on domestic adoption. Some white chick said to my husband, “Excuse me, but the INTERNATIONAL adoption session is down the hall.”

]]> By: kathy http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 kathy Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:12:35 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/#comment-3240 Hi Amber, My family has been going to Chinese Language school now for the past 5 years. A few observations that I have made over these years are: There are plenty of families just like yours where Mandarin or Cantonese are not spoken at home. Also, the phonetic alphabet was taught in Taiwan, not Mainland China, so many parents don't know any more than you do, if that method is used. There are two schools where we attend, one is immersion the other uses both Engish and Mandarin. A lot of people assume incorrectly that the kids attending the immersion understand what is being taught, but the truth is a lot of those kids are not meeting the requirements to pass the class either. My oldest daughter is now concentrating in a conversation class and she just loves it. If that is available I think it is the best way to start. My youngest daughter is now studying the phonetic alphabet and she is doing just fine. However, she spent years as a toddler in a playgroup and is very close to a family who speak to her in Cantonese & Mandarin. I hate giving advice, so I won't. But I will tell you that I would not join any adoptive family group at a Chinese Language School. There are lots of reasons for this, but the biggest one is my concern for my children's privacy and need to fit in and not feel different. There is a time for adoptive family groups but this isn't one of those times,imo. I am sure other may disagree, but as children mature, they really don't want all that focus on adoption everywhere they go. Hi Amber,
My family has been going to Chinese Language school
now for the past 5 years.
A few observations that I have made over these years
are:
There are plenty of families just like yours where Mandarin
or Cantonese are not spoken at home. Also, the phonetic alphabet was taught in Taiwan, not Mainland China, so many parents don’t know any more than you do, if that method is used.
There are two schools where we attend, one is immersion
the other uses both Engish and Mandarin. A lot of people
assume incorrectly that the kids attending the immersion
understand what is being taught, but the truth is a lot
of those kids are not meeting the requirements to pass the
class either.
My oldest daughter is now concentrating in a conversation
class and she just loves it. If that is available I think it
is the best way to start. My youngest daughter is now
studying the phonetic alphabet and she is doing just fine.
However, she spent years as a toddler in a playgroup
and is very close to a family who speak to her in
Cantonese & Mandarin.
I hate giving advice, so I won’t. But I will tell you that
I would not join any adoptive family group at a Chinese
Language School. There are lots of reasons for this,
but the biggest one is my concern for my children’s
privacy and need to fit in and not feel different.
There is a time for adoptive family groups but this
isn’t one of those times,imo. I am sure other may
disagree, but as children mature, they really don’t
want all that focus on adoption everywhere they
go.

]]> By: gawdessness http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 gawdessness Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:55:23 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/26/the-continuing-saga-of-chinese-school/#comment-3238 ooooooh. ick. ooooooh.
ick.

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