Super nanny
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GOVERNESS
Do you want a change?
A governess req. for 4 energetic children on Distance Ed. Good wage. Close to town. Board and keep supplied. Retired or student teachers or anyone who is organised, likes children and can read and write fluently is welcome.
What exactly is a governess? Is that like a high-powered super nanny? My mother had a governess when she was a small child living in England, but then she also went to school in a castle, so her life wasn't exactly normal.
'Governess' just sounds to me like a very moral middle aged woman, with her glasses on the end of her nose, very proper accent, wears only starched grey outfits, hasn't smiled in about 30 years, and carries a stick around with her to whack the backs of the kid's hands with. *shivers*
GOVERNESS
Do you want a change?
A governess req. for 4 energetic children on Distance Ed. Good wage. Close to town. Board and keep supplied. Retired or student teachers or anyone who is organised, likes children and can read and write fluently is welcome.
What exactly is a governess? Is that like a high-powered super nanny? My mother had a governess when she was a small child living in England, but then she also went to school in a castle, so her life wasn't exactly normal.
'Governess' just sounds to me like a very moral middle aged woman, with her glasses on the end of her nose, very proper accent, wears only starched grey outfits, hasn't smiled in about 30 years, and carries a stick around with her to whack the backs of the kid's hands with. *shivers*
posted by E in Oz at 1:43 pm
these thoughts escaped my brain at 1:43 pm
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My sister was an almost governess while she was in college. Meaning during the school year she was a nanny (mom and dad worked evenings/nights) and the kids looked on her as a third parent.
During summer and winter breaks, since she was getting her teaching credential, she was required to do some mild instruction...thus the governess bit. Considering the kids started at 1 and 3 and she did it until they were 4 and 6, I'm not sure how much the parents wanted them to learn, but...
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