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| ...Well I don't wear shorts at least. |
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| Um, I dressed up for my interview... Sort of. |
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| Hey, it gets HOT in the summer! |
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| Mustard stains, schmustard stains. |
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5600
Joined: 07 Apr 2008
Location: At an undisclosed FEMA camp.
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| Today was dirt brown cargo shorts and a North Face button up s/s shirt. It doesn't matter what kind of shoes I wear cuz we have to wear slippers once we get inside. Shorts every day since the first part of May or so. They can't be like '70's style with your junk hanging out or anything like that. No matter what I wear my iron cross tattoo and Black Flag tattoo sticks out. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Today I look like a sack of crap since I wiped out when some middle school kid ran in front of my bike on the way to work.
Usually I'm a little smarter in a dress shirt and pants. No tucking in, ever. It seems to be catching on. I'm noticing some co-workers not tucking in their dress shirts lately.
For some strange reason I've come to actually enjoy ironing in the morning. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I dress exactly like the guy in 5600's avatar. I make lurning exciting. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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I'll let you kids in on a secret. 99% of this job is looking the part. Dress well, have neat hair and shave. The other 1% is turning up and not molesting anyone.
All they want from you is not to stick out in a negative way. If you teach English well or not from there is of no consequence. |
May be true at many jobs, not all. Sometimes the boss cares little how you look as long as you don't look too bad, and sometimes the boss does care about the job you are doing. |
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Justin Hale
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Location: the Straight Talk Express
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| Smart-casual here. I kind of collect blazers (is that even the right word?) and often wear cotton or linen trousers (or smart jeans) + shirt/t-shirt + blazer. Silk shirts -love 'em! I wear a suit for job interviews, but find a suit a bit unnecessary for teaching, but it's better to dress too up than down. I wear the same things for work and non-work generally with no difference between Saturday night and Monday morning. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Dress neat and comfy. Don't have stains or holes in your clothes. Shave. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: |
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| Justin Hale wrote: |
| Smart-casual here. I kind of collect blazers (is that even the right word?) and often wear cotton or linen trousers (or smart jeans) + shirt/t-shirt + blazer. Silk shirts -love 'em! I wear a suit for job interviews, but find a suit a bit unnecessary for teaching, but it's better to dress too up than down. I wear the same things for work and non-work generally with no difference between Saturday night and Monday morning. |
Because we know you do not like people who Teach English as a Foreign Language, it would be nice for you to tell us what you teach? |
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Justin Hale
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Location: the Straight Talk Express
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| Justin Hale wrote: |
| Smart-casual here. I kind of collect blazers (is that even the right word?) and often wear cotton or linen trousers (or smart jeans) + shirt/t-shirt + blazer. Silk shirts -love 'em! I wear a suit for job interviews, but find a suit a bit unnecessary for teaching, but it's better to dress too up than down. I wear the same things for work and non-work generally with no difference between Saturday night and Monday morning. |
Because we know you do not like people who Teach English as a Foreign Language, it would be nice for you to tell us what you teach? |
It's not necessary to discuss this in FOUR different threads, surely? |
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littlelisa
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I usually dress business casual, but then I do the same in Canada when I teach ESL. But there are exceptions: There are some schools (especially elementary) where the dress code is casual with all the staff. This makes most sense with younger kids, because I'm sure not going to wear anything really formal when I'm with 5 year olds unless I have to or would stick out like a sore thumb around the rest of the staff who do the same. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| bovinerebel wrote: |
I'll let you kids in on a secret. 99% of this job is looking the part. Dress well, have neat hair and shave. The other 1% is turning up and not molesting anyone.
All they want from you is not to stick out in a negative way. If you teach English well or not from there is of no consequence. |
May be true at many jobs, not all. Sometimes the boss cares little how you look as long as you don't look too bad, and sometimes the boss does care about the job you are doing. |
In Korea, I would say the boss of virtually all educational institutions want their teachers dressed to a certain standard.
Bovinerebel is absolutely right. Looking the part is 99% of the job in Korea. The other 1% is not hitting the kids. A young handsome guy with fair hair and a winning smile doesn't even have to know what a verb is to get on in Korea. I've never experienced a culture like Korea where people are so totally judged on their looks and clothes.
The boss of a hagwon I worked in confided in me a few years back. He had this tall, attractive American girl in the Kindergarten program. She was all-American blonde hair, white teeth. This boss told me that 50% of prospective customers (i.e. Moms) who walk around looking at the school before they sign-up, ask if their kid can be put in her class.
I know some of you will think, well, I don't really dress up for work, but I do a great job and think I'm a very effective teacher. Yes, I applaud you for working hard and doing what actually is the most important thing, Teaching. But don't expect to be respected by adult Koreans as a real teacher unless you look like one! |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Justin Hale wrote: |
| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| Justin Hale wrote: |
| Smart-casual here. I kind of collect blazers (is that even the right word?) and often wear cotton or linen trousers (or smart jeans) + shirt/t-shirt + blazer. Silk shirts -love 'em! I wear a suit for job interviews, but find a suit a bit unnecessary for teaching, but it's better to dress too up than down. I wear the same things for work and non-work generally with no difference between Saturday night and Monday morning. |
Because we know you do not like people who Teach English as a Foreign Language, it would be nice for you to tell us what you teach? |
It's not necessary to discuss this in FOUR different threads, surely? |
My name is not surely.
It was a very short lived addiction. I am in rehab now.  |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| I work at a few places. At my morning job all my students are dressed up so I dress up a bit as well. Nothing too fancy. Just a Y-shirt and dress pants. For my afternoon classes I wear shorts and a t-shirt. There's no way I'm dressing up to impress kids. |
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Bryan
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: |
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(I'm not a teacher)
I think it should depend on whether you teach children, or businessmen and college students. |
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Location: Here & there
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| I work at a few places. At my morning job all my students are dressed up so I dress up a bit as well. Nothing too fancy. Just a Y-shirt and dress pants. For my afternoon classes I wear shorts and a t-shirt. There's no way I'm dressing up to impress kids. |
What's a Y-shirt? |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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The Urban Dictionary defines it as:
A shirt worn with a business suit or uniform. Non-casual.
I've only adopted that term since coming to Korea. |
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