Sorry for interfering... Though I have to... Dead-end and humiliating job...
Really? Especially for those who love to take care of children and consider it the best way for them to make the world a better place. By the way, there is an army of badly paid teachers in Russian schools. Despite of any difficulty they do their work properly and with passion. Yet money is dominant, there are indisputable values which tutors help preserve. I feel really sorry for those not able to provide the proper tutoring to their children. Such offsprings usually grow up with a lack of "understanding". Sincerely, DM On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Alex Fak <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -- С уважением, Дмитрий Мартьянов
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