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Yeah, the iPhone is pretty and all, but Palo Altans have been more occupied with a proposal to roll out a Mandarin immersion program in their public schools. While similar programs have been approved in San Francisco and elsewhere in the Bay Area, the proposal is likely to get nixed in Palo Alto . We suspect Caucasian parents don't want to see their kids get whipped by native Chinese speakers in yet another subject. Their next mission? To get math and science cut out of the curriculum. Why should their kids have to mess with that GPA-dragging stuff?