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Antti aged 34
Gender:
male
Nationality:
Finnish
Location:
Finland
Membership No:
731745
Antti aged 34
Available from: 12 Aug, 2018 Available to: 31 Jul, 2019
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Au pair from Finland called Antti, 28, starting from August
Dear family,
My name is Antti. I'm 28 years old medical student from Finland. I'm planning to keep a gap year from my studies and spend the year in Australia getting new experiences, meeting new people and get inside to a new culture by being an au pair and travelling.
I'm the oldest of the children in our family and used to the role of big brother which is certainly an advantage as an au pair. As I'm not a teen anymore I can be responsible and I'm used to take care of myself. But on the other hand I'm not too old either because I still live young persons life as an university student and I can be playful and have fun playing with kids. So I think this is the best moment to become an au pair.
I come from a family of five, my parents, little sister and little brother. We lived in a country side in Finland and my parents live there still but we children moved away to study and work. I'm outgoing person who is young-minded but always responsible whenever needed and capable to manage my duties. I study medicine third year in the University of Tampere and after this year I will have still three years studies before graduating so I think this is a good time for a gap year. In my free time I like to participate student organization projects which often include cooking for large number of people. I also play piano, exercise and do some voluntary work in the youth camp organization.
My little brother is much younger than me and so I have got a lot of experience of babysitting when I still lived at home (my sister is only two years younger). I moved out when I was 19 but after that I lived at home often in summers when working in the local logistic company as a driver. After moving out I have lived both alone and with other people (both roommates and girlfriend) so I can do basic household duties and I'm also used to share apartment with others. My ex-girlfriend with whom I also lived together had a dog and my parents have a cat so I'm also comfortable with pets if you have any.
My dad got seriously ill when I was 20 and my brother was only 13 then so I learned to take responsibility and help my mum more with household works and also to be a reliable adult for my brother. I have also experience with kids outside of my family. As a teenager I worked in the church's child camps as an assistant instructor for three summers. I worked in the camps with kids between ages four to 15. As an adult I have done voluntary work as an instructor in youth camps for kids aged 14 to 15 and also as an trainer for new instructors and assistant instructors. Before medical school I studied pedagogics so if your children need help with school work I will be happy to help especially with math and science.
Last year I was in a student exchange in Netherlands for few months and that gave me an inspiration to move abroad again. As an au pair I could combine many things that I would like to experience during my gap year. First, I would like to live abroad and get to know an other culture. I think living in a local family is an extremely good opportunity to get to know the culture. As an exchange student it is typical to hang out mainly with the other exchange students and it is harder to become close with the local people. Second, I would like to do something totally different than my studies which are quite hard and theoretical. I would like to get more motivation to the rest of my studies by doing something totally different and practical. Third, I think I would enjoy the kind of role of a big brother as my little brother is now an adult and I don't have that kind of role anymore in my own family. And I think that I, kids and whole family could learn from each other and from our different cultures and it could be a great experience for all.
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