It turns out that this isn't as unreasonable as I thought; nowadays in the over-achieving area that I live, they want nannies and babysitters who can speak French, with masters degrees, etc.
I mean, take this person who wants a tutor for their 10 and 11-year olds:
I am looking for a homework helper. The individual needs to have teaching experience preferably a masters in education. I have 3 children. The ages are 10, 10 and 11 years of ages.Now will someone please tell me-- wth does someone need a masters for, simply to drive around 10 and 11- year olds and help them with their homework!?
The job would be afterschool which would include: picking the children up from school, taking them to their activities, bringing them home and helping them with their homework. Car will be provided.
Does this person really think that it takes a master's degree to do 5th grade level school work? Back in the 90s, they used to accept high school students as tutors for grade-school students. In fact, I held several such jobs during my middle school and high school years. Come to think of it, I was helping people with 5th grade level school work back in, um, 5th grade.
Why stop at a mere M.A.? If I ever have kids who need tutoring, I'm going to demand the ultra-nanny-- someone with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
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As a former nanny-with-a-masters, I can tell you that the reason they ask this stuff is because they're too squeamish to say "We are big snobs and want a middle-class nanny", so they just demand middle-class attributes, such as advanced degrees. Luckily for them, there are usually enough desperate and unemployed graduate student types around to make this just about feasible.
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