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[quote=Anonymous]I have never taken an IQ test, but I suspect that I would do very well.  I had a 1260 SAT and a 32 ACT.  I managed to get A's in most of my classes through high school and college without ever really applying myself.  If I had had a different type of personality, I probably could have done something pretty impressive career wise.  Instead, I dropped out of college halfway through my senior year, because I realized that neither of the majors I was currently pursuing were what I wanted to do with my life. I took some time off and nannied just to give myself a break from academia, and realized that I love this job and want to do it as long as I am physically able.  I am constantly reading and researching about child development, taking classes and lectures, etc.

On paper, I look like I don't know much of anything.

I have had multiple employers who are themselves highly educated and who completely devalue any benefit that could possibly come from my years of experience or innate intuition.  I had an employer whose brother was a doctor (a plastic surgeon), and when her toddler was sick and could not stop vomiting, she would try to give him a big glass of juice every time he vomited because her Brother had told her that would keep him hydrated.  I stated that in my experience it was better to wait at least 20 minutes after a child had vomited, and start with only a tablespoon at a time of liquid.  She let her child vomit for hours before she finally agreed to try my approach, and he was miraculously able to keep liquids down that way.

The reality is that there is no way of knowing whether your nanny is a) actually just dumb, b) Smart and passive aggressively refusing to do tasks that she feels are beneath her (this attitude makes my skin crawl, but I know nannies who swear by it--*shudder*), or C) is quite intelligent, but has learned through experience that most families are going to treat her like a moron anyway, and it is often in a nanny's best interest to double and triple check what the parents want done rather than apply actual logic to the situation.  Most parents would rather things be done their way than things be done well.[/quote]

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