{"id":66535,"date":"2020-09-29T00:39:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T00:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=66535"},"modified":"2020-09-29T00:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T00:39:18","slug":"teacher-france-says-tattoos-cost-kindergarten-teaching-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=66535","title":{"rendered":"Teacher in France says tattoos cost him kindergarten teaching job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALAISEAU, France \u2013 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.<\/p>\n[ads]\n<p>But the teacher, Sylvain Helaine, 35, still teaches children from the age of 6 up and said that after an initial shock when they see him for the first time, his pupils see past his appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of my students and their parents were always cool with me because basically they knew me,\u201d said Helaine, who estimated he has spent around 460 hours under the tattooists\u2019 needle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only when people see me from far away that they can assume the worst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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 3-year-old child complained to education authorities. They said their son, who was not taught by Helaine, had nightmares after seeing him.<\/p>\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-66535 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-1.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-2.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-3.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-4.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tattoos-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A couple of months later, the school authorities informed him he would no longer teach kindergarten children, he said. \u201cI think the decision they took was quite sad,\u201d said Helaine.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the local education authority said an agreement was reached with Helaine to move him away from teaching kindergarten. Pupils under 6 \u201ccould be frightened by his appearance,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setbacks, Helaine said he would stick with his chosen career. \u201cI\u2019m a primary school teacher \u2026 I love my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he started getting tattoos at the age of 27 when, while teaching at a private school in London, he had an \u201cexistential crisis.\u201d Since then, he said, \u201cGetting tattoos is my passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>He said he hoped to show his pupils that they should accept people who are different from the norm. \u201cMaybe when they are adults, they will be less racist and less homophobic and more open-minded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALAISEAU, France \u2013 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. 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