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Tattoos and teaching
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almaz
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Tattoos and teaching
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I �ve just read this from the most recent TES Connect newsletter. Does your school have a policy on teachers � tattoos?
I have an old one on my left arm. It �s a relic from my hippie-dippie youth; it �s part of me, my personal history; I �m not ashamed of it and yet I always kept it covered when teaching teenagers in mainstream secondary - partly because of the possible drug-culture associations and partly because of the unholy box of perceived sins that might be opened (only sailors, whores and gangsters wore tats).
So, flaunting your �individuality � or flouting school rules? |
25 Jul 2011
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ueslteacher
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I have no tattoos and I think I �m quite an individual without them:) BTW haven�t heard of a school policy on tattoos whatsoever. Maybe bc they are not as common yet among the generation of people who are teachers now. I just can�t imagine someone who�s keen on tattoos wanting to be a teacher at school... Sophia
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25 Jul 2011
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Mariethe House
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One of the young female teachers at my village school has a tatoo in her back which apparently shows when summer comes and she is wearing short T shirts . A friend of mine �s little girl noticed it and was quite admirative of it !On the other hand, that teacher has a reputation of being a very good teacher . So, tatoo or not tatoo ,what counts is doing your job properly, isn �t it? 
So no regulations on tatoos in French schools, but flaunting your religion, whether teacher or student is strictly forbidden.
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25 Jul 2011
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spinney
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Well I have one on my left arm which they used to make me cover up when I started working there. No longer though, thanks to all the young �uns in Spain cramming tats into every spare inch of skin. I am ex forces and it was "the thing to do." I don �t regret it though. Both my father and grandfather had them. So do most of my relatives. I was refused a job at Disney Paris because of my tats, though. As far as I know they are still somewhere in the dark ages. It �s about time some of these schools grew up! Whatever people �s views on tattoos, they are going to go away. People will always have them and they do no harm whatsoever.
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25 Jul 2011
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johnbrasil
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I have 18 of them and here in Brasil I have never had a problem with them and have taught classes from all levels and ages including diplomats from the Japapese Embassy here in our city. A lot of my students, men, women, girls have them. I got invited to visit English classes in the public schools many times here and no one cared about the tattoos, I think Brasilians are very accepting of these things. The city I live in has people from all walks of life, its one of the reasons we moved here :-D |
26 Jul 2011
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Fallen Angel
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I�ve been a teacher for several years now and I do have a tattoo. I�m not ashamed of it and I don�t try to hide it. It�s something personal that has to do with my nickname. It�s on my ankle so sometimes students do see it and they don�t find it weird at all. Why should they? The same happens with my colleagues; the closest ones don�t call by my name, but by my nickname and that�s exactly what my tattoo stands for. Here in Portugal there are no regulations on tattoos in schools. Well, I guess we are quite open-minded people!
Hugs from Portugal,
Cristina |
26 Jul 2011
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Fernando Damour
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In my school, we are expected to be a role model for students, there is a rule that we can �t have tattoo shown in our body like arms or neck..but it is still ok if the tattoos are hidden. I my self don �t have tattoos.. I just love to see it..:)
Regards
Fernando ( high scope Indonesia )
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26 Jul 2011
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psd4fan
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We have to cover em up at my school but if the topic comes up I �ll show my three that are on my upper arms and the kids usually like them and think I am cool.  |
26 Jul 2011
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Errie
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I have tattoos and I always tell that to my students and their parents when they visit my school. 99% is cool with it and find it no problem at all. |
28 Jul 2011
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