Driving advice
Okay so we have an au pair currently who’s been here 4 months. One thing she said was that she was a very strong driver and would get her ILD before arrival. That didn’t pan out for her but we still welcomed her even though we were clear we needed someone who could help drive (4 kids extra curriculars are a lot to drive for 1 person). We have a car for her and all that. The second week she was here she went to get her permit and failed…3 times in a row…in her native language. It’s a 20 question test that 15 year olds take. Next week same thing failed 3 times in a 1 hour period. Now I don’t have 2.5 hours to devote to this so I sent her in an uber the second time. The uber round trip with tip is about 80$. The next week I told her she needed to cover the uber and I would pay her back for it IF she passed. Because seriously she’s not being asked to do it in English and it’s 20 multiple-choice questions. Well dear reader she also failed 3 times in an hour and came home. Now she’s gone every other week with “lots of study” and failed 30+ times.
Do we rematch? She’s very upset about not being able to go anywhere and it’s really impacting her attitude with both us (host parents) and our kiddos. She’s started telling them “they are so annoying go away” this to my 5 year old. It was such a process to get an AuPair I’m hesitant to rematch. But at the same time I can’t continue to deal with her attitude and the fact that I’m not getting the help I needed in the first place (because of this she maybe works 20 hours a week).