This morning, Mr. A called his dad to remind him to come over at noon to help M practice her Chinese like he does every Sunday.  Today was a little different because as soon as he answered the phone at 10 a.m., FIL said “Today is TEST for M at Chinese school.  You start studying […]

Three of M’s preschool teachers are Korean and English is their second language.  This isn’t a problem for us, obviously, but it has led to a few funny incidents.  First there was the valentine thing, there is also the cute way M corrects us every time we try to say “division” with de-veeee-sion.  She also calls […]

We’ve had a really rough week here in AmFam land, but a few comments are requiring a response:
KT takes the cake with the funniest comment I have received in a while.  Quoting her husband:
I was fine being the only asian in my K-12 midwestern school - I bonded w/ other asians after we all got into […]

Mr. A and I are very aware that differences in educational philosophies may prove to be one of the biggest challenges our relationship will face.   I thought I would ask Mr. A’s take on the school question in the previous post. 
I explained the two school options: Mandarin immersion vs. More Diverse school with less Asian […]

I received this question via email.  I hope the person who wrote it doesn’t mind that I am answering it on the blog, since I took out the identifying information.  
Here goes: 
We live near an area which has a Mandarin-English immersion program through the public school.  I am thinking of moving to that district because of […]