Noor (21), holandés/a, Estudiante actualmente en Países Bajos quiere ser Au Pair & Ayuda en el hogar para personas mayores en Estados Unidos, Brasil, Canadá & Costa Rica

As briefly stated above, I've been able to Au-pair twice before. The first time was in Italy with two wonderful girls aged eight and eleven. They were girls with robust personalities and many different hobbies. I was able to learn oh so much from them (and I'm pretty sure I was able to learn more from them as they from me ;)).

the parents were lovely people whom were both working and thus the girls and me figured a lot out on our own. I learned about their routine in day-to-day life and how to adapt swiftly and efficiently. I really enjoyed learning about their culture and they truly made me feel like a part of the family whenever they could. I learned how to cook their favorite meals, how to help the girls keep their space tidy and be respectful of their boundaries, how to help the girls turn their homework into an activity rather then a chore and sooo much more!
With that, I've been able to teach different classes within regular education and special needs. I loved teaching different classes and felt It helped me understand all the ages and fitting education curriculums. What I liked in teaching different classes was the better understanding of the developement kids go through throughtout their education (from learning to read and write to solving algebra to learning about different cultures and economic systems.)

I found that I loved working with teens that were either mentally, psychically or behavior-wise impacted to be of most importance in my teaching career and helped me understand each individual and their backgrounds better. They were high-functioning and were on a roll to find a career in a sector they'd liked. I got to teach them all-round as they had the same teacher for all classes besides practical classes. I loved being able to experience every aspect of their behavior and how to teach the whole class aswell as guide them individually with different expertise in different classes.

They were all unique and beautiful humans needing just a little bit of extra help. With due calmness, assertiveness, patience and respect, we got along amazingly and they confideded in me regarding personal issues aswell. Seeing this bond being so strong and seeing their progress (for example; a student that could finally solve a certain problem in math after tutoring them and doing it together step by step or a student telling me proudly that he'd gotten his first job.) was so fulfilling.

I truly practice and believe that respect goes both ways when working with kids and always try to respect childrens boundaries as well as my own. And within writing this, I do not mean to say that I'm someone whom expresses them all the time. I've just noticed that validating a childs feeling and speaking with them about what happened works better then dismissing it over being childish behavior. This trait helped me a lot within teaching a class with young adults whom were autistic, had behavioral difficulties and had physical difficulties.

The same applied for working for a different family with three children aged four, six and ten. The tasks were similar and the kids were lovely but struggeling with their home situation.

Both of these experiences have helped me understand how to communicate better, how to be patient and how to also clearly but friendly set my own boundaries.



One of the girls was on the autism spectrum and had a hard time expressing her feelings. We figured out the best way for us two was to do this by drawing (a bunny would for example be sadness, a fish in the ocean happiness etc etc.) and I made picto's which helped massively!