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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look-- I'm not OP, but I've found that the amount AU students request is not at all connected to their childcare experience or education.

In fact, it seems like it must have more to do with whether or not they have previously fallen into lucky situations working for families earning money on a for-profit order of magnitude themselves who don't mind padding their sitters' pay because it's all small change to them.

A few of these students have merely benefited from lawyer/lobbyist largesse in the past and are asking. Many more very nice girls with entirely equivalent qualifications will swarm OP's inbox with eager responses when she posts offering a more modest rate.

I work with undergraduates and have come to believe that many of them are inclined to overestimate their value to employers and potential employers. They're going to face a sobering wake-up call very soon if present economic circumstances continue!

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Exactly.  And others hear about it, and figure it can't hurt to ask.

Also, many of these students have parents who are perfectly willing to give them spending money, so most of them don't really "need" the extra money.[/quote]

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