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sarahsarah
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
Location: Bundang
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It really just depends on where you are. I know folks that teach at various hagwons with piercings.
I think it's even acceptable in public schools. Last year I taught at a public high school and had purple hair and my cheek pierced. The kids, for the most part, thought it was cool and I think I influenced some of the seniors and juniors because they're pierced now as well.
It's possible. |
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Khyron
Joined: 27 Jan 2005
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I've met a few K guys who have their stuff together. ie, who they are and why they ride. Try the American club... |
As have I... and I was only in the country for a year.
I'm a bit surprised that Grotto hasn't noticed them, as it seems he's been around for a bit.
Then again, I spend half my weekends hanging around a handful of bike shops. 'Twas money and good times to be had there (ie. privates and weekend riding trips)! |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| I taught a group of University students over winter vacation who thought I was a gangster back home because of my tongue piercing. Later, they admitted to being afraid of me on our first meeting because of this! |
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Homer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| Tattoos and peircings are widely accepted throughout North America and the sheer amount of people getting tattoos has become somewhat of a status symbol. |
On the street sure.
In schools as teachers...nope.
My former school in Ontario would not allow a teacher to wear multiple visible piercings in class and visible tattoos were frowned upon.
Piercings and tats are fine in your personal life and on your time. In a school setting they are often not welcome.
I would suggest taking them off for work.
Also in Korea tats have a completely different meaning and this matters, wether you like it or not. |
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Marlboro
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Ive taught in a few countries, and had no problems with my piercings, If anything its my mother giving me a hard time!, even here in Korea, my boss is fine with them,even my eyebrow piercing,which i thought might be a problem, but obviously not, woohoo  |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| Piercings and tats are fine in your personal life and on your time. In a school setting they are often not welcome |
I would say that in any professional job setting they may not be welcome.....thats why I always advocate that if you do get a tattoo get one in a location that can be covered by wearing a tshirt and shorts.....as for peircings they can be removed before work and put back in after....no prob |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| Like a lot of people in North America, Koreans view such "body art" as symbols of poor breeding. You do not want to be mistaken for biker offspring. So, get rid of the piercings before arriving in Korea. |
Really  Poor breeding  Do you have any clue what you are saying when you speak?
Tattoos and peircings are widely accepted throughout North America and the sheer amount of people getting tattoos has become somewhat of a status symbol.
In Korea they are associated with gangsters....among Koreans! Foreigners have no such stipulation! As well I havent seen or heard of 'bikers' in Korea!
What a dumbass! |
That tattoos are widely accepted in North America proves that a wide swath of the North American population have poor taste and are not even Brass Class. Your mind seems closed to the fact that tacky, decadent pop culture and its symbols are on the verge of replacing whatever vestiges of high brow culture remaining in North America.
Your kneejerk response to my post does not show my allegedly low Intelligence Quotient; it only portrays you as being one of Plato's Cave Dwellers who finds shadows to be sufficient intellectual nourishment for a hollow mind and soul.
By the way, I challenge you to an I.Q. test. The Stanford-Binet one should prove to us that I'm not a "dumbass" - the term you appear to be so fond of using on a constant basis.
Let me know if you are up to the challenge. |
I'm happy to play the role of a well-groomed, tattoo- and piercing-less teacher in Korea; but sorry, anyone who'd write off 50% of the under-forty population of a continent based on something so trivial is a dumb-ass. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:20 am Post subject: |
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| 50% of Americans below the age of 40 have tattoos and/or body piercings??? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| Tattoos and peircings are widely accepted throughout North America and the sheer amount of people getting tattoos has become somewhat of a status symbol. |
On the street sure.
In schools as teachers...nope.
My former school in Ontario would not allow a teacher to wear multiple visible piercings in class and visible tattoos were frowned upon.
Piercings and tats are fine in your personal life and on your time. In a school setting they are often not welcome.
I would suggest taking them off for work.
Also in Korea tats have a completely different meaning and this matters, wether you like it or not. |
In Korea fine - they can mean different things and Korean society is evolving very differently from the West. In Ontario??? How long ago was this and how old are you? It sounds like a lot of Canadians still need to grow up. I had a professor who was covered in tattoos and she was one of the most professional educators I've ever encountered. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| 50% of Americans below the age of 40 have tattoos and/or body piercings??? |
Perhaps not so much in rural areas. Around Vancouver I'd say yes. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Another empty soul spouts off in defence of the low brow.
Your juvenile-sounding moniker made me think that it was just a matter of time before you came out of the woods to join the bandwagon.
So, your reasoning is: my refusal to accept or embrace something that I can critically argue is quite tacky, nay, ugly means that I am a "dumbass."
I'd bet that you majored in Education at a Canadian university, like to go bowling, and enjoy reading the Toronto Star or The Globe and Mail. I'd also bet that you wouldn't know Hegel from a bagel nor Tory Amis from Kingsley Amis. |
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cosmicgirlie
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| My former school in Ontario would not allow a teacher to wear multiple visible piercings in class and visible tattoos were frowned upon. |
That's odd, the school I worked at in Ontario allowed the teachers to have piercings--although they were slightly much more tasteful small nose rings, small. The kids all knew I had a piercing that I removed ohhh about 9 years ago. I still have a hole in my bottom lip. Would I keep them in while working in a professional setting, I doubt it but that's just my upbringing in me. My parents have that code of professional dress that transfered to me. When I was working in a video shop and had my piercings that was a different story. Rainbow bright dreads, piercings and crazy clothes worked for the video store, doesn't work for my professional career.
As for teachers in Korea....some places are okay with it, others not...like many before have said check with your employer. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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The Dumbass Roch wrote:
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Another empty soul spouts off in defence of the low brow.
Your juvenile-sounding moniker made me think that it was just a matter of time before you came out of the woods to join the bandwagon.
So, your reasoning is: my refusal to accept or embrace something that I can critically argue is quite tacky, nay, ugly means that I am a "dumbass."
I'd bet that you majored in Education at a Canadian university, like to go bowling, and enjoy reading the Toronto Star or The Globe and Mail. I'd also bet that you wouldn't know Hegel from a bagel nor Tory Amis from Kingsley Amis. |
souls...dont speak about something you dont have!
Juvenile sounding moniker funny with someone with a girls name...oops....r u a girl?
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| I can critically argue is quite tacky, nay, ugly means that I am a "dumbass." |
If you can critically argue then do so. Tattoos can be quite attractive! The technology involved in 'inking' has made vast strides in the recent past. If you are too close minded to appreciate it thats fine too. But dont promote your intolorence and ignorance to others....apparently most people are fine with them and not some tight-ass biatch like yourself!
Now you were referring to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel were you not? Just where does your systematic exploration begin? Nowhere...you simply started with insults and ignorance.....proving you are truly a dumbass!
Still waiting for that IQ challenge  |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: Teachers with Piercings |
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Grotto,
Check your Private Message box. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| checked it...cant meet up with you in Seoul. But if you ever get to Edmonton Alberta Canada I would be happy to buy you a beer! |
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