Andrei, I also find it hard to understand your concern. I think you're making several assumptions that are not quite obvious. a) that only "foreigners" hire nannies and private tutors for their children - I would think this is an aspiration of every middle class Russian family as well; b) that hiring a nanny is tantamount to "exploiting other people" - as if Peter is forcing someone to take that job; c) that being a nanny or a tutor is a "dead-end and humiliating job" - I don't see where you get that at all; many educated people make perfectly successful careers out of it; d) that in this particular case, the job pays "hardly enough to survive in Moscow" - do you actually know what kind of salary Peter is proposing?
Every child should be lucky enough to have his parents forego some fruits of their hard-earned wages to give him the gift of a private tutor. Read Malcolm Gladwell's *Outliers* - Peter's child is much more likely to succeed in life not because his parents are well-off, but because they are taking care to motivate and challenge him at an early age. Alex > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:12:09 -0700 (PDT) > From: Andrey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Expat List Fw: Expat Digest, Vol 58, Issue 26 > To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > What gets me is how foreigners have no qualms about trying to exploit other > people. Please forgive me for feeling a little peeved because of the > brazenness with which some expats assume that well-educated and stimulating > Russian women must be ecstatic about the possibilities of a dead-end and > humiliating job that pays hardly enough to survive in Moscow. > > > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Peter Richter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Peter Richter <[email protected]> > > Subject: Expat List Fw: Expat Digest, Vol 58, Issue 26 > > To: "Expat List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 11:16 AM > > Andrey, what do you have a problem > > with... me working hard to try and offer my son the best > > life possible or you being frustrated with your pathetic > > life? > > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:35 AM, > > Andrey <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Bourgeois hiring stimulating women for their obstreperous > > offspring? I envy your son, my father couldn't afford a > > clown! > > > > > > > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Peter Richter <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Peter Richter <[email protected]> > > > > > Subject: Expat List Looking for a reliable > > Nanny > > > > > To: "Expat List" <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 12:45 PM > > > > > > > > > > Dear Fellow Listers... > > > > > > > > > > After 6 years we have parted from our Nanny even > > though she > > > > > was a part of the family, but unfortunately our son > > was > > > > > outgrowing her ability to keep up with him and his > > needs. > > > > > > > > > > So here we are looking for a new Nanny... somebody > > who > > > > > comes well recommended... English knowledge a plus, > > but not > > > > > at all a must. A good education makes sense as she has > > to be > > > > > able to challenge and stimulate our son also from an > > > > > intellectual point of view. > > > > > > > > > > We live easy to reach in Kitai Goriod with both Kitai > > Gorod > > > > > and Lubljanka Metro stations within a 5 min walk. > > > > > > > > > > Would appreciate any leads > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > BR > > > > > Peter > > > > > you can reply off list to [email protected] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat
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