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[Talking Trees]

Greetings fellow teachers,

I was wondering if any of you know how well Dredlocks are recieved in Thailand, in a professional teaching role... or even the public attitude towards them?

Although my locks are mature, and in clean and tidy shape, i am concerned that school will discriminate because of them?

I actually think i might be ready to let them go ( 6 years attachment) but would rather do this in my own time once i am there, rather than as a pre-caution.

Curious to hear your experiences! ...and looking forward to perhaps teaching with some of you in the near future!

Cheers,

Manda

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

^ Hi


Thais are pretty cool about matters of personal appearance,

but when it comes to teaching, you're asking for trouble, imho.


I'd swallow my pride and get a haircut if I were you.


When I arrived here a few years ago, I faced a fairly similar situation.

As it turned out, the 5 star hotels where I was scheduled to teach

have strict dress codes which prohibit facial hair of any kind.


After a somewhat heated exchange with my boss,

I eventually swallowed my pride and shaved.


re: dredlocks


To the best of my knowledge, this particular question has never

been raised on the forum before, so I could easily be wrong.


Anybody else have a comment or opinion?









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[No Moss]

From all I've heard about the Thais, they expect their ajarns to have a spiffy professional appearance.

My experience in Asia has been that you get treated better and make more money if you are nicely groomed and dressed. You actually need to do more than wear a tie and a dress shirt--you need to wear a nice, well-fitting, well-ironed shirt, with a spotless, color-coordinated silk tie.

Dreadlocks--uh, they would cost you in the neighborhood of 5,000 yuan in lost monthly income in China. That would be a little bit less than 20,000 baht. And teachers over here dress very casually.

[scb222]

DREADlocks.

[kenkannif]

Doable (I know a few people that have taught with them) but you're making life hard for yourself and a lot of places wouldn't touch you with a bargepole 'cos of them (saying that some funky dreads look okay, some look dirty and crap).

[MPG]

Hey,
Asked a Thai friend about Dreds out of interest one day and I think they call them "pom maa" (lit; Hair Dog) so maybe they think it looks as if you have a small dog under your hat.