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starshine
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:40 pm Post subject: Proper Attire For Teachers? |
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| Hi everyone! I will be leaving for South Korea in August. What is the appropriate dress for female teachers? Can I get by with long skirts and sandals, or should I dress more "professionally?" Thank you for all of your advice.[/b] |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: Proper Attire For Teachers? |
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| starshine wrote: |
| Hi everyone! I will be leaving for South Korea in August. What is the appropriate dress for female teachers? Can I get by with long skirts and sandals, or should I dress more "professionally?" Thank you for all of your advice.[/b] |
Are you going to be teaching in a public school or hagwon/private academy? |
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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Most people wear normal clothing except for naked friday. Every second friday is naked day and you should come in your birthday suit. If you don't they will think that you are offending their gods and will throw you into a volcano. |
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RachaelRoo
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I find that it's a bit of a no-win situation for female hagwon teachers in this area. If you dress in the same skirts and nice clothes that your Korean co-wokers wear, you will be harassed and stared at in a very bad way everywhere you go. There is an expectation that foreign women here dress like undergrads, and almost all do. On the other hand, jeans and sandals look unprofessional and will get you treated as such. Loose fitting non-jean pants and any non-revealing top (shoulders are not ok) is the best I can do, with black shoes (not running shoes). |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| RachaelRoo wrote: |
| I find that it's a bit of a no-win situation for female hagwon teachers in this area. If you dress in the same skirts and nice clothes that your Korean co-wokers wear, you will be harassed and stared at in a very bad way everywhere you go. There is an expectation that foreign women here dress like undergrads, and almost all do. On the other hand, jeans and sandals look unprofessional and will get you treated as such. Loose fitting non-jean pants and any non-revealing top (shoulders are not ok) is the best I can do, with black shoes (not running shoes). |
Do those black shoes have ankle straps by any chance? You know, for safety? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| There are countless threads on the job-related board about this. It all depends on where you're working. If you're working in, say, a boys middle school you'll want to pack a different wardrobe from if you're in a kindergarten. |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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G-Strings and nipple tassles are just fine with me.  |
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RachaelRoo
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| You'll probably just want to buy most of your work clothes here, assuming that you're a normal size by Asian standards. |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Dress formally on your first day, and then figure it out from there.
My first day at my public school, I wore a three piece suit. Now it's just jeans, sneakers, and a plain, collared shirt. |
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n3ptne
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Location: Poh*A*ng City
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| Yeh, three piece suit on the first day... but now I go back and forth. Some days I wear a suit, some days I look like a hippie with a haircut. I suppose it all just depends on your school. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| bellum99 wrote: |
| Most people wear normal clothing except for naked friday. Every second friday is naked day and you should come in your birthday suit. If you don't they will think that you are offending their gods and will throw you into a volcano. |
Yeah, that happened to one of my co-workers last July, fortunately the school was too damn cheap to pay for a flight to the nearest country with an active volcano. She just got deported. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| a curly wig and a big red nose |
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Shooter McGavin
Joined: 22 Nov 2005
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| You should dress like the free sample girls in the department stores: mini skirt, leg warmers and 6" platform sneakers. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| RachaelRoo wrote: |
| I find that it's a bit of a no-win situation for female hagwon teachers in this area. If you dress in the same skirts and nice clothes that your Korean co-wokers wear, you will be harassed and stared at in a very bad way everywhere you go. There is an expectation that foreign women here dress like undergrads, and almost all do. On the other hand, jeans and sandals look unprofessional and will get you treated as such. Loose fitting non-jean pants and any non-revealing top (shoulders are not ok) is the best I can do, with black shoes (not running shoes). |
Well, that just means these Korean teachers are jealous and they don't want a foreign woman outshining them. I dress better than my Korean coworkers and I don't care what they think! |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: |
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With a user name like princess, I bet you do.
Probably stop everywhere and look in the mirrors like K-girls too  |
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