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[ditch6]

can anyone provide any guidelines about what you're expected to wear at the language schools? does it vary from school to school?

i don't want to be lugging about any shirts, ties, trousers, shoes unless strictly necessary.

in italy dress-code was very informal and i could wear jeans and t-shirts. one teacher wore his football shirt for last week of term after his team won promotion.

[PeroPero]

i haaaaaaate this
girls can dress like they are going to the mall
and i have to wear a tie and bla��
this is soooooooooo unfair!!!!!
and i haaaaate having to tie my hair ��

[ditch6]

are you confirming my worst fears?

not only a shirt but a tie and blazer too? in all schools?

are chileans generally so formal or is it the class system at work here? we have to distance ourselves and the school from any suggestion of working class?

ah well, i'd better head down to primark and learn to tie a tie

[PeroPero]

i have to wear a tie.....
but there are some institutes that dont require that...even though you still must dress formal +_+
it sucks..

[roro825]

so what can girls wear? anything they want? that would be great. I was plannin on bringin skirts and some basic black pants or more formal suitish pants...do I need to?

[PeroPero]

ok
it's not like anything they want hahahahaha
but they can go to other places after work and nobody would really tell they are officially coming from work.
just avoid colors and that's fine. ^^

[guycross]

just buy your smatr clothes in santiago, much cheaper than at home! especially if you get yourself to franklin/bio bio market!

[chuckenchile]

The better schools will be very formal. That is the why they have students. Teachers should look like teachers is the view of most people in Chile. Thus, formal is the rule across almost every school that does English for adults. Even with kids, there will be a level of formal dress required.