Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

This August New York Times Article by Hannah Seligson covers the decision of some American students to seek their fortune in China, even though they have no family there nor any knowledge of Mandarin.  Here is an excerpt…

“Mick Zomnir, 20, a soon-to-be junior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is working as a summer intern for JFP. ‘As things have gotten more difficult in the U.S., I started to think about opportunities elsewhere,’ he said. He does not speak Chinese but says he will begin studying Mandarin when he returns to M.I.T. in the fall”

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