Korean Job Discussion Forums

[nourozi]

I always wear a tshirt and im teaching at a public elementary school. Middle school teachers have to wear a shirt... Do you guys prefer to wear shirts anyways?

[Snake Doctor]

Work at a large conglomerate and a law office, wear business casual.

[nourozi]

I feel like im trying to hard if I wear anything more formal then a tshirt and pants. Especially in an elementary school. Other teachers seem to dress business casual.

[I'm no Picasso]

During the cooler months, I go with a long sleeved collar shirt and very often a tie, but I usually wear jeans. My school's pretty casual, and I'm often more "dressed" than many of the other teachers.

It's summer now, though. T shirts all the way. I walk thirty minutes to and from school everyday. I'd be repulsive by the time I arrived if I were to wear a long sleeved shirt and tie. I generally go with nicer t shirts that don't have any kind of logo or anything on them, though. I don't think I could go that route and feel okay about it....

[sharkey]

shorts and a v neck shirt... been wearing that combo for about 2 months now... its moneeyyy

[Karea]

Do the "blonde North American women under 30" have a special dress code they must adhere to?

[Morning_Star]

Cashmere sweaters, fitted pencil skirts, silk blouses, leather shoes.

[Easter Clark]

Corporate gig. I wear a full suit every day of the week.

[chonga]

[VanIslander]

neckties as my personal standard

usually tailored suits
(I control classroom air con 17 C)

nothing shiny

[Oreovictim]

With my last teaching contract, it was mandatory to wear Iron Maiden shirts. Fortunately, before I signed, I had the recruiter make an agreement that I didn't have to wear anything past their Seventh Son CD - 'cause that's when they jumped the shark.

With my first gig at Oh Sung Sik, the teachers had to wear dress shirts and neckties. Do you know impractical it is to have a tie on when teaching little six-year olds?

With my second contract, I would usually wear blue jeans with one of those cliche' Old Navy ringer tee-shirts, or sometimes, I'd throw on a polo. In the winter, I'd usually wear a nice dress shirt or a sweater.

[AgentM]

[VanIslander]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Burndog]

I teach Grade 1 and 2 on Monday and wear jeans and a t-shirt. When I wore my suit the smaller children were less chatty, and there was less interaction. Maybe they were more intimidated? Not sure...I'm a teacher not a psychologist.

For the other Grades, I dress the same as I did back home when I was teaching...I wear a suit...with a tie in the cooler months, and with an open shirt (not Satuday Night Fever open...just the one button for me). I think that the children respect you more when you look like a teacher and not an older student.

Having said that...this is more true back home than in Korea...where...no matter what I wear...I am always seen as something of a novelty just because I have blue eyes and blonde hair.