Polydott is redefining how Chinese culture is represented in the U.S.
We think Chinese culture is underrepresented and sometimes stereotypically presented in the K-12 education industry here in the U.S.,” Paisley Hao, founder and CEO of Polydott, told In The Know. “We want to do something to change and to redefine it.”To get more
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Hao, her co-founder Aries Wang and “The Armor” director Kun She formed Polydott in response to the hole in the entertainment industry for bilingual children and Chinese American students.
Wang, who worked as a Mandarin tutor, said that she noticed her Chinese students really wanted to learn English and to be immersed in American culture, while her Chinese American students wanted nothing to do with learning Mandarin.
“For those kids who are Chinese but who were born in the U.S., they feel reluctant about learning Mandarin, and they think that Chinese culture is not cool,” Wang explained. “What I really want to do is create really great bilingual content for the international students and also for those kids who really want to learn Mandarin.”
Polydott is not only a great bilingual tool but also an opportunity to increase exposure to Chinese culture and history. “Through learning language and through really delving into [cultures and histories], you will build yourself a really authentic — a really real picture about the whole world,” Wang added. “So it somehow fosters multilingualism and also fosters critical thinking as well. And that’s what we need as a global skill right now, in the current era.”
