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therock
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| The_Prodiigy wrote: |
| One former colleague asked the Principal if she would raise objections to him wearing a beard. She said a moustache was fine. |
Wow, with your post you have reopened a thread that hasn't been replied to in 4.5 years.  |
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SnoopBot
Joined: 21 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| arioch36 wrote: |
An older man with a beard fits perfectly with their stereotypes about the western intellect. They will think you are related to Karl Marx, and compliment you by saying you must have been very handsome when you were younger (seriously, this is exactly how they will say it)
Keep the beard (older men only, as in Russia, woman are only allowed to have moustaches). |
This is very true, my first school in Beijing had huge posters on the wall of the famous 4.
Lenin, Marx, Stalin, and Mao.
To look like any of these great leaders (to the Chinese that is) is to be considered a view of greatness worth possibly a few extra hundred RMB a month (the same as having a master's degree + PhD) So those Marx and Lennin Beards are in along with those Stalin Red Stars.
LOL, I wore my Desert DCU's around the university before. I was treated better at the Chinese universities wearing ACU's, BDU's DCU's than I would have been treated wearing them at Berkeley. |
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latefordinner
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Everything is new that is well-forgotten (chess proverb)
Arioch nailed it. A beard can fit one of the stereotypes quite nicely. I have the Bethune look, hasn't hurt me at all. Just grow it. |
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mjlpsu
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
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Location: NJ to Shenzhen
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| It can lead to great conversations in China. I've had two compliments (I think anyway)... I've been told a couple times I look like Marx or Lenin. |
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SnoopBot
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| mjlpsu wrote: |
| It can lead to great conversations in China. I've had two compliments (I think anyway)... I've been told a couple times I look like Marx or Lenin. |
I tried to look like Mao but for some reason it didn't work  |
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Jordean
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: |
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| How about short hair, as in crew cut? I am getting typical age-related thin spots and would just as soon not mess with hair. |
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Brian Caulfield
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| I bring my bear in a 7-up bottle and drink it with a straw . |
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william wallace
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therock
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| My first Christmas in China I went into the class dressed as Santa Claus (yeah, I know........dancing monkey, but hey it was Christmas) Anyhow the students found it hilarious. |
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The_Prodiigy
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| Some beards are fluffy and straight. |
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