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[quote=Anonymous]To the hate spewing poster claiming that all parents are stupid to hire nannies who aren't completely fluent in English--1) How do you know which Spanish speaking countries our nannies come from?  2) Why do you assume we don't pay our nanny a fair wage?  What's a "real nanny?"  We pay her more than $16/hr for one toddler, plus 2 weeks vacation (at her choosing) in addition to all the days we take off for our vacation (ends up being more than 3 weeks/yr).  Her previous nanny family, whose father was an orthopedic surgeon, paid her $21/hr.  And she was offered even more by a prominent attorney's family to come work for them but chose us instead b/c of the vibes she got from them.  She's very warm and caring and my daughter absolutely loves her.

FWIW, I was born outside of the US, and my parents came here when I was a baby.  They never spoke perfect English (still don't); however, all of my siblings and I graduated with honors from Ivy League colleges.  It did not hold me back from competing with my US peers.  You need to get overyourself.  Why are you so hateful?  My law school professor came here from Vietnam when he was 12 and did not speak a single word of English(refugees).  His whole family picked fruit to survive.  He ended up going to Harvard for both college and law school.  He clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.  Somehow his being surrounded by incompetnent English speakers did not hold him back.[/quote]

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