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  • November 26, 2010 , 12:37pm

LETTER FROM TORONTO: Mainstream as the new social order

LETTER FROM TORONTO: Mainstream as the new social order

Many Filipino professionals in Toronto, at least those I know from my alumni association, lament some of the experiences told by Filipino newcomers to Canada about other people mistaking them for nannies. The newcomers recount how they had been asked if they could clean their co-workers’ homes after work or if their parents had also come to Canada as nannies. Somehow this gave the impression that being a nanny is degrading, especially if this is attributed to an entire ethnic group.

What’s wrong with being a nanny?

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  1. The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for
    The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for they are directly involve in the growing days of a young child, they influece them, they teach them fear of God, fear of authorities (not fear of the Police) among others. So I ask you, how could this be the lowest of jobs?
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  1. The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for
    The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for they are directly involve in the growing days of a young child, they influece them, they teach them fear of God, fear of authorities (not fear of the Police) among others. So I ask you, how could this be the lowest of jobs?
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    ~Leo Bolingot
    14yrs ago
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  1. The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for
    The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for they are directly involve in the growing days of a young child, they influece them, they teach them fear of God, fear of authorities (not fear of the Police) among others. So I ask you, how could this be the lowest of jobs?
    Reply
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    ~Leo Bolingot
    14yrs ago
    X
  1. The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for
    The lowest of jobs in this affluent metropolis... A Nanny job the lowest of jobs. I would not let that idea creep to the minds of your reader. Certainly I do not submit myself to the idea that any job can be described as the lowest of jobs. I might be the lowest paid employee or I might be doing the job others would not do. But I have a job that feeds my family and sends support to my relatives back in the Philippines. But going back to the Nanny's job. I would say, that after the mother's love, the nannies provide love to their children. The nannies have so much effect on the child's development to adulthood. I believe these children when they grow-up and become successful would remember their Nannies thru-out their life. If we consider the youth as the future of the Nation, then let me say, "Never underestimate the Nannies for they are directly involve in the growing days of a young child, they influece them, they teach them fear of God, fear of authorities (not fear of the Police) among others. So I ask you, how could this be the lowest of jobs?
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    ~Leo Bolingot
    14yrs ago
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