Korean Job Discussion Forums

[HollyLove]

I've had my piercing since I was 18 and I'm very attached to it. I've worked at jobs where it wasn't allowed but no one ever made an issue of it (its a very small stud). I'm going to be teaching elementary school and I'm wondering if I'll be allowed to keep it. I have a ring I can put in that looks like I'm not wearing a nose ring but thats such a hassle. I'll probably just wait and see if it becomes an issue but does anyone else have any experience with this?

[stoned]

i don't think it should be a problem. women in many countries require to have a nose ring(or piercing) as part of their religion(or culture).

if you are a man it will be awkward

[kabrams]

[ChilgokBlackHole]

[guava]

My cow has a pierced nose

[Sector7G]

[Senior]

[djsmnc]

If you have a nose piercing, you will be looked at like the small food disposal bag that has sat in the parking area for a week in mid May, full of festering, rotten kimchi juice and torn by street cats. You'll be considered a sex crazed westerner with questionable morals and a penchant for hard drug use. You'll be stared at and whispered about like Hester Prynne on her way out of the letter-stitching shop (and that's "shoppe" with a p-e, mind you). Your teaching ability will be considered nil, and were you even to have a Yale degree signed in gold ink by Obama himself with an attached photo of you and the (Korean) head of the UN, piercing included, you would still be seen as no more than a low-down dirty sham of a "teacher" who has absolutely no value other than to be present for mothers to drop off their noisy, rambunctious, snot-nosed kids with while they go shopping in upscale department stores and eat prawns.

[ChilgokBlackHole]

[Senior]

[miljeong]

I vote you'll be considered a sex crazed foreigner who is displaying herself in an obscene and lude manner, only interested in confusing young boys.

I do question the necessity to even ask this question considering you weren't born with it, it's not normal, you're supposed to be a professional well groomed teacher, and it doesn't serve any purpose to better your performance.

But then again, I'm biased. I think facial piercings are stupid, as are the ear kind. And tattoos. And drinking. And smoking. And anything else that if it wasn't for your friend or neighbor doing, you'd never have an interest in.

[HollyLove]

[ChilgokBlackHole]

[HollyLove]

[madoka]

As a co-worker, colleague, friend, acquiantaince, I would have no problem with a small number of piercings, tattoos, etc.

As a parent, I would be a bit put off. I think this is just a natural, instinctive reaction, however irrational, on the part of parents wanting to protect their children.

Reminds me of all the hipsters I went to law school with. As soon as they had to apply for jobs, every single one of them cut their long hair and ponytails, got rid of any earrings, hid tattoos, shaved goatees/beards/soul patches, etc. In other words, they recognized the need to look professional in appearance.