Turning Pro at 13

dad4 said:
Have you tried learning to write Mandarin?

This is not an easy language. If you want to be moderately literate, you are trying to memorize around 6,000 unique characters. Many of them are homonyms, so each time you write down a word, you need to figure out from context which one you are writing.

example:

ma ma qi ma.
ma man.
ma ma ma ma.

There are five different characters in the above tongue twister, pronounced six different ways. Four of the pronunciations are different versions of “ma”.

Not a simple thing to inflict on a kid.
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See post 857.
 
dad4 said:
Have you tried learning to write Mandarin?

This is not an easy language. If you want to be moderately literate, you are trying to memorize around 6,000 unique characters. Many of them are homonyms, so each time you write down a word, you need to figure out from context which one you are writing.

example:

ma ma qi ma.
ma man.
ma ma ma ma.

There are five different characters in the above tongue twister, pronounced six different ways. Four of the pronunciations are different versions of “ma”.

Not a simple thing to inflict on a kid.
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At Esquela Bilingüe Internacional, we introduced the kids to Spanish pre-k to kindergarten with the goal of the kids having native fluency by eight grade.
Mandarin is introduced in third grade with the goal of being conversational by grade eight. My kid went to Chinese school since we were in TJ instead. None of the kids are conversational in Mandarin lol.

There is also a Mandarin charter school in Oakland named Yu Ming and they are not having good results either.
 
MacDre said:
At Esquela Bilingüe Internacional, we introduced the kids to Spanish pre-k to kindergarten with the goal of the kids having native fluency by eight grade.
Mandarin is introduced in third grade with the goal of being conversational by grade eight. My kid went to Chinese school since we were in TJ instead. None of the kids are conversational in Mandarin lol.

There is also a Mandarin charter school in Oakland named Yu Ming and they are not having good results either.
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Tried and true method:
If you want your kid to speak Spanish or Mandarin from an early age, hire a Hispanic or Chinese nanny/babysitter.
 
Been catching up on this thread. For some reason it's super interesting to me...sad but true. Here is how I see it. Fact #1 - OM is a super good player, no one can take that from her. Fact #2 - OM's parents played the social media marketing game perfectly. Fact #3 - Nike saw this, they are also all about marketing...perfect partnership.

Does anyone think they brought her up there without a long term plan in place? I can almost guarantee you this "trailblazer" story or her breaking into NWSL was planned out years ago. To think otherwise with Nike being involved would be naive IMHO. I'll take this one step further, I bet the NWSL is in on it as well. As the old story goes, all publicity is good publicity.
 
MacDre said:
Actually, it will be low to no cost. I hope the program is implemented everywhere because the concept is simple and will save families money with a better outcome.
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Our local elementary school was one of the first in the state to have a dual immersion program where the students learn everything in Spanish K - 5.
 
Highlander said:
Been catching up on this thread. For some reason it's super interesting to me...sad but true. Here is how I see it. Fact #1 - OM is a super good player, no one can take that from her. Fact #2 - OM's parents played the social media marketing game perfectly. Fact #3 - Nike saw this, they are also all about marketing...perfect partnership.

Does anyone think they brought her up there without a long term plan in place? I can almost guarantee you this "trailblazer" story or her breaking into NWSL was planned out years ago. To think otherwise with Nike being involved would be naive IMHO. I'll take this one step further, I bet the NWSL is in on it as well. As the old story goes, all publicity is good publicity.
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OM should cut in Beach FC who allowed all of this to happen. Her going to the Thorns Academy was a formality.
 
Highlander said:
Been catching up on this thread. For some reason it's super interesting to me...sad but true. Here is how I see it. Fact #1 - OM is a super good player, no one can take that from her. Fact #2 - OM's parents played the social media marketing game perfectly. Fact #3 - Nike saw this, they are also all about marketing...perfect partnership.

Does anyone think they brought her up there without a long term plan in place? I can almost guarantee you this "trailblazer" story or her breaking into NWSL was planned out years ago. To think otherwise with Nike being involved would be naive IMHO. I'll take this one step further, I bet the NWSL is in on it as well. As the old story goes, all publicity is good publicity.
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Maybe the Nike OM marketing plan is long range. This came from the online Nike store --

We could not find anything for "olivia moultrie".
 
Highlander said:
Been catching up on this thread. For some reason it's super interesting to me...sad but true. Here is how I see it. Fact #1 - OM is a super good player, no one can take that from her. Fact #2 - OM's parents played the social media marketing game perfectly. Fact #3 - Nike saw this, they are also all about marketing...perfect partnership.

Does anyone think they brought her up there without a long term plan in place? I can almost guarantee you this "trailblazer" story or her breaking into NWSL was planned out years ago. To think otherwise with Nike being involved would be naive IMHO. I'll take this one step further, I bet the NWSL is in on it as well. As the old story goes, all publicity is good publicity.
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As to Fact #’s 2 & 3, I don’t really think it’s about marketing. Maybe, so far my promotion is too local. Small NorCal market. But, we do our thang in LA too family.

 
espola said:
Maybe the Nike OM marketing plan is long range. This came from the online Nike store --

We could not find anything for "olivia moultrie".
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They better pick up their marketing because most soccer fans have no clue who she is. Instagram followers can be bought so if she has 100k followers it means that close 30k could be fake followers.
Bottom line this little girl can make her own marketing if she can score a few goals this season or next. Personally, I think trinity Rodman has more of a brand presence given her skills and her father’s name recognition.
 
SoccerFan4Life said:
They better pick up their marketing because most soccer fans have no clue who she is. Instagram followers can be bought so if she has 100k followers it means that close 30k could be fake followers.
Bottom line this little girl can make her own marketing if she can score a few goals this season or next. Personally, I think trinity Rodman has more of a brand presence given her skills and her father’s name recognition.
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You are probably right. Thought I was on to something though. LOL
 
SoccerFan4Life said:
They better pick up their marketing because most soccer fans have no clue who she is. Instagram followers can be bought so if she has 100k followers it means that close 30k could be fake followers.
Bottom line this little girl can make her own marketing if she can score a few goals this season or next. Personally, I think trinity Rodman has more of a brand presence given her skills and her father’s name recognition.
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There is OM merch available, but it is from places that produce t-shirts and the like to order. If it's not OM's parents behind that, they should be hearing from OM's lawyers soon.
 
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