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ccikulin
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
Location: Sunae-dong, Bundang
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 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: How do public school teachers dress for work? |
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I'm starting a new job this week at a public middle school and I'm just wondering how I should dress for work. I have dress shirts and ties, but I don't really like putting a tie on and I'm pretty bad at getting them to look good. I'm really hoping I can get away with just wearing collared shirts.
How do you guys dress for work? Have any of you ever been talked to for not dressing appropriately?
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Shirt, no tie. Dress trousers, sandals with socks. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Depends on where you are and how anal your Principal/VP is about dress code. I don't wear a suit everyday. I make sure to wear a button up collared shirt. Short sleeves, long sleeves, it doesn't matter. I see teachers wearing jeans sometimes so I'll wear them too.
The dress code is a little more lax for foreign teachers. They can't expect us to bring our entire wardrobe in 2 suitcases from back home. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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I usually dress 'smart casual' (no jeans). If it's a special occasion I'll wear a suit & tie.
The male K-teachers at my school are 'all over the board' when it comes to this - one of the younger ones does wear jeans, and some of the older ones never wear anything but a suit. |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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armani suits to impress korean handlers.  |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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T shirt & jeans or big shirt & some tights - 4 days of the week
Very nice dress/skirt & nice dress shirt - 1 day a week
Just so they can't say I'm a TOTAL bum  |
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JJJ
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Golf shirts and jeans, golf shirts and khakis. Winter... sweaters, turtlenecks, long sleeve shirts and jeans, sometime cords if I'm feeling old school. I wore a suit one time but knew from experience that it was just to meet the principal and once that 30 min. was up, had a change of clothes in my knapsack.
The first day, look around, you will see that most K-teachers are not fashion forward and you will be fine wearing whatever you want. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I forgot about winter until I read JJJ's post - always a sweater! While the staff room and classrooms areheated, the hallways are below freezing. |
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bbonthec
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| How about other elements of dress code, such as hair? I'm a guy with long hair and a goatee. I look very respectable actually, not like a bum at all. Still, would this be frowned upon? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| bbonthec wrote: |
| How about other elements of dress code, such as hair? I'm a guy with long hair and a goatee. I look very respectable actually, not like a bum at all. Still, would this be frowned upon? |
I've gone the gamut from a short goatee to a full beard and no comments other than being asked if I could play Santa at an out-of-school event for one of my co-teachers.
There are a few teachers (guys) with a pony tail too.
Beards and shaved heads are frowned upon if you are a lady teacher.
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daz1979
Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Location: Gangwon-Do
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: |
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I wear suits or shirt and ties.
On a Friday I might dress down though. I think, if you want your co-teachers respect you must dress to impress. That's the first hurdle anyay. |
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Location: Here & there
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
I've gone the gamut from a short goatee to a full beard and no comments other than being asked if I could play Santa at an out-of-school event for one of my co-teachers.
There are a few teachers (guys) with a pony tail too.
Beards and shaved heads are frowned upon if you are a lady teacher.
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 @ lady teacher. That sounds so quaint.
OP the best advice is just to wear something reasonably smart but comfy, the same as you would for a job back home. Make sure your clothes are ironed & without holes & you should be fine.
My best advice would not really be applicable to you (most probably anyway) but I'll share it all the same; a squat toilet is a lot easier to navigate in a skirt. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| i'd probably go with something extra nice for the first couple days, and then settle into casual, but still work appropriate, clothing afterwards. first impressions are big in korea |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| daz1979 wrote: |
I wear suits or shirt and ties.
On a Friday I might dress down though. |
You probably shouldn't though.
If I was ever asked to give my one best tip to pick up sexy K-broads, I'd say: Wear a suit. They love that. I've LITERALLY had girls set themselves on fire after I snubbed them whilst wearing a suit. Sexy ones too. And even if they don't like it, you get mad respect from taxi drivers and street-meat vendors late at night. Can't knock a 100won discount on a deep fried slice of squid. |
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