Teaching – A Survival Guide for Students and New Teachers (Part 2)
The advice may sound silly, but take notice anyway, because it is based on 28 years of teaching experience and listening to students discussing teachers appearances. When you start teaching your life will be much easier if you conform to student expectations. The time to be different is after you have established yourself.
Children are very traditional in their expectations of what teachers should wear. They react in a more positive way to a teacher wearing a suit. If suits are not your style then look for an alternative smart look, a jacket and tie for men or a blouse for women. Avoid the temptation to wear ultra-fashionable clothes because children want you to be different from them.
Dress is one way that teachers set themselves apart from the children they are teaching. Young teachers, especially, need to set themselves apart from the children. A lot of children will have older brothers and sisters in their early 20s and will relate to a young teacher in a similar and inappropriate way unless the teacher distances him or her self.
Clothes should be chosen to be discrete....
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