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Old 12-19-2014, 12:35 PM   #19
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I took Full French Immersion all the way from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

I'd definitely recommend it if your kid can handle it. Dont get me wrong, its not a 'mensa candidates only' type of thing, but its more work. You do things in French that everyone else does in English.

However, the opportunities bilingualism affords people are significant and it starts at University. In High School you can challenge exams for late-immersion and get those credits and usually a very high grade on classes you never took, then you turn around and put those high grades on University applications.

And then of course, if you do anything half-assed worth doing in University and your French is still passable you can pretty much fall ass-backward into just about any decent Government job.

I dont know if I buy the 'English will suffer' angle either. It could be just me but English was one of my strongest subjects despite being in French immersion.

As for the usefulness of the language, we live in Alberta so you'll rarely use your French day-to-day other than reading the French side of cereal boxes, but its handy when you travel. I've been to France, rural Quebec and Tahiti and knowing French certainly has its advantages.

Plus the ladies love it. Go to France and order for your wife in French and your're good as gold.
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