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...though she's constantly telling the press how strong she how, how much she's getting over it, and how she's really not like Jennifer Aniston.But on the subject of nannies, my parents told me about a new trend they read about in the paper. Apparently, because people are finally recognizing China as a future super-duper-power, rich parents are now seeking Chinese-speaking nannies to look after their kids.
Average salary: $100,000/year.
Hey! I can live with that. Perhaps now would be a good time to get back in the cycle of masochism a.k.a 300-level Chinese. I already work closely with kids and can speak Chinese fluently. I (now) know how to do laundry, and I'm usually pretty organized and enjoy cleanliness.
Oh, but can you imagine the drama?? Nanny Diaries already alerted me to all the bullshit that nannies have to go through for their blue-blood, coke-sniffing, female employers. When dragged to family/social function plainly underdressed, I doubt people will even believe I speak a word of English ("Hey, dishes! Diiiii-shhhhhhes. Comprende? DISHES").
So how much am I willing to prostitute myself for money? No matter how many Ivy league degrees I obtain or how successfully I am able to raise the child, on a social level, I'd still be just another minority working for the even more successful white woman. Is being a nanny the only occupation in which this happens? Of course not. But it's very apparent.
I can see it now: I'm sitting on a park bench with my hair up Jane Eyre style. The little brats are yelling for me to wipe off their noses. The blonde lady in the white Donna Karen suit twitters to her friends about how good I am and how hard I work and how much English I seem to have picked up recently.
So it doesn't matter how I convince myself the money would be good, how I wouldn't encounter these racial offenses, or how I'm exagerrating the plight of the Chinese American...I know that it's neither fiction nor myth, and to think so would be awfully naive. But *groan* I need that money.
posted by Tiffany @ 4:23 PM
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