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Frenchman says tattoos cost him kindergarten teaching job
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Oct 6, 2020, 1:55:22 PM10/6/20
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tattoos-cost-him-kindergarten-teaching-job-idUSKBN26J1GT
PALAISEAU, France (Reuters) - A schoolteacher whose body, face and tongue
are covered in tattoos and who has had the whites of his eyes surgically
turned black said he was prevented from teaching at a French kindergarten
after a parent complained he scared their child.
But the teacher, Sylvain Helaine, 35, still teaches children from the age
of six up, and said that, after an initial shock when they see him for the
first time, his pupils see past his appearance.
“All of my students and their parents were always cool with me because
basically they knew me,” said Helaine, who estimated he has spent around
460 hours under the tattooists’ needle.
“It’s only when people see me from far away that they can assume the
worst.”
He said last year he was teaching kindergarten at the Docteur Morere
Elementary School in Palaiseau, a suburb of Paris, when the parents of a
three-year-old child complained to educational authorities. They said
their son, who was not taught by Helaine, had nightmares after seeing him.
A couple of months later the school authorities informed him he would no
longer teach kindergarten children, he said. “I think the decision they
took was quite sad,” said Helaine.
A spokesman for the local education authority said an agreement was
reached with Helaine to move him away from teaching kindergarten. Pupils
under six “could be frightened by his appearance”, the spokesman said.
Despite the setbacks, Helaine said he would stick with his chosen career.
“I’m a primary school teacher ... I love my job.”
He said he started getting tattoos at the age of 27 when, while teaching
at a private school in London, he had an “existential crisis”. Since then,
he said, “Getting tattoos is my passion.”
He said he hoped to show his pupils that they should accept people who are
different from the norm. “Maybe when they are adults they will be less
racist and less homophobic and more open-minded,” he said.
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of the Obama presidency.
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PALAISEAU, France (Reuters) - A schoolteacher whose body, face and tongue
are covered in tattoos and who has had the whites of his eyes surgically
turned black said he was prevented from teaching at a French kindergarten
after a parent complained he scared their child.
But the teacher, Sylvain Helaine, 35, still teaches children from the age
of six up, and said that, after an initial shock when they see him for the
first time, his pupils see past his appearance.
“All of my students and their parents were always cool with me because
basically they knew me,” said Helaine, who estimated he has spent around
460 hours under the tattooists’ needle.
“It’s only when people see me from far away that they can assume the
worst.”
He said last year he was teaching kindergarten at the Docteur Morere
Elementary School in Palaiseau, a suburb of Paris, when the parents of a
three-year-old child complained to educational authorities. They said
their son, who was not taught by Helaine, had nightmares after seeing him.
A couple of months later the school authorities informed him he would no
longer teach kindergarten children, he said. “I think the decision they
took was quite sad,” said Helaine.
A spokesman for the local education authority said an agreement was
reached with Helaine to move him away from teaching kindergarten. Pupils
under six “could be frightened by his appearance”, the spokesman said.
Despite the setbacks, Helaine said he would stick with his chosen career.
“I’m a primary school teacher ... I love my job.”
He said he started getting tattoos at the age of 27 when, while teaching
at a private school in London, he had an “existential crisis”. Since then,
he said, “Getting tattoos is my passion.”
He said he hoped to show his pupils that they should accept people who are
different from the norm. “Maybe when they are adults they will be less
racist and less homophobic and more open-minded,” he said.
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
Byker
Oct 6, 2020, 4:01:08 PM10/6/20
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"Leroy N. Soetoro" wrote in message
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> PALAISEAU, France (Reuters) - A schoolteacher whose body, face and tongue
> are covered in tattoos and who has had the whites of his eyes surgically
> turned black said he was prevented from teaching at a French kindergarten
> after a parent complained he scared their child.
Who the hell would want a freak like that teaching THEIR kids?
> PALAISEAU, France (Reuters) - A schoolteacher whose body, face and tongue
> are covered in tattoos and who has had the whites of his eyes surgically
> turned black said he was prevented from teaching at a French kindergarten
> after a parent complained he scared their child.
Check out the slideshow: https://tinyurl.com/y6dd9bmu
Phantom_View
Oct 6, 2020, 11:00:18 PM10/6/20
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the real worry. Keep him AWAY from children ! There
is something wrong here.
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