[ April 24, 2024 ]
[From 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.
Story continues below advertisement“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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43 Comments
3 years ago
Poor consequential thinking:
Rule # 105: If you make yourself look horrible, people won’t want to look at you.
3 years ago
GreenFaceLivesMatter
3 years ago
“….cost him kindergarten teaching job”
That’s all ?
I Believe that His Choice Of The ‘Kindergarten’ age group, has everything to do with
his tattoos and vice-versa
Bravo, that somebody else, Knew the Similarity between the ‘new normal’ and Sick.
3 years ago
Reply to
dingo
what is this pervert saying Anti-discrimination??
I wouldn’t trust this person with my 20 year old daughter!
I don’t care for his beliefs, philosophy, theosophy either.
perv looks like a demon possessed rascal
3 years ago
Reply to
Cassandra and uncle frank
Rascal has a cute connotation, Lunatic is more fitting
3 years ago
Reply to
dingo
What moron hired this freak in the first place to teach small children.
Does that person(s) still have a job?
3 years ago
What a moron. Please don’t have children.
3 years ago
No Sh *it???
3 years ago
We have to talk. This is getting out of control. Look if you splash paint on wall it is not art. Same when you become overly obsessive with Body art. Would it be fair if someone were to ask him to explain the symbolism of his body art. Or maybe an evaluation of his mental state?
3 years ago
Loves his job but loves his ugly tats way more. Needs to make a choice, take responsibility. Wants to brainwash children that demons are alright guys and gals! Nope!
3 years ago
Welcome to his nightmare! Oh yes, and children six years and over under his domain… ah… instruction, will be terrorised and having nightmares of their own for years to come.
3 years ago
He/It/She/Freak?? belongs in a mental institution.
3 years ago
He’s probably got a deal with the tattoo parlour offering the kids 10% discount on their tattoos. I used to look up to my teachers as role models when I was a kid.
3 years ago
Unfortunately for him, his life choices cannot be easily reversed. It is reasonable to conclude he was aware this could affect employment opportunities in his field, as it would many fields other than teaching. If he were in finance, real estate, retail, law, or many fields which interface with the public or other professional colleagues, one’s appearance
reflects that of the organization they represent.
3 years ago
I’m a grown man and even I think the guy looks too freaky!
3 years ago
Doesn’t work that way, genius.
If you choose to present yourself as a freak, don’t be surprised when I take you at your word.
3 years ago
So is he also his own pet? ….. as in ‘Teachers Pet’ …. lizard
3 years ago
don’t mind tattoos, but c’mon.
And teaching Kindergartners? This guy is SCREAMING for attention.
3 years ago
I don’t mind tattoos, but c’mon.
And teaching Kindergartners? This guy is SCREAMING for attention.
3 years ago
Hope the moron is sent back to the idiot pool in a bag!!!!
3 years ago
The Lord said in his word, not to put tattoos on.
3 years ago
The first thing that dude needs, is an exorcism. Then, a court order to stay away from children and several years intensive psychotherapy.
3 years ago
He should get a job as a sideshow circus freak — if they still have circuses.
3 years ago
The mantra he cites comes right from the standard leftist playbook – he’s not frighteningly grotesque – it’s the parents of frightened children who are “racist” and “homophobic.”
3 years ago
I encountered a young European couple recently sitting on a park bench, they both had their faces, necks, arms, hands totally tattooed, there were probably more that I didnt see, nor wished to see, I walked up to them, stood close by and stared at them, after a minute he spoke, “What are you looking at?”, he asked me… “Im not sure”, I replied, is the Circus in town because I love the Circus I asked him…they stood up and walked away, they didnt feel the need to answer me I guess…
Now my question is, why would anybody do that to their entire face,neck,arms etc and who was the person in France that hired this freak to teach children in France and why is that person not fired?.
3 years ago
Reply to
Andrew Blackadder
I remember I was standing in line at Ralph’s supermarket and there was a couple of freaks dressed all in black with bright green hair, tats and lotsa earrings all over. When they left I asked the woman in front of me: Isn’t it a little early for Halloween?” I gotta good laugh out of her for that line.
3 years ago
As a retired teacher/coach, the general rule for school dress codes, teachers and students alike, is that one’s manner of dress cannot be a distraction to the learning process i.e. high hemlines and plunging necklines.
This walking freak show would traumatize kids of all ages.
3 years ago
Looking like freak show is not ‘different from the norm’ I have to question the sanity of such a person not to mention his commitment to his job
3 years ago
If I was an employer I would never employ anybody man or woman with visible tattoos. I think they are all mentally warped in some manner. Likewise piercings other than normal ear rings
3 years ago
My computer mysteriously got switched from “The Geller Report” to “The Onion” when I blinked my eyes…..
3 years ago
I bet this guy has a harder time finding a date on a Friday night than I do……
3 years ago
They found Hunter !!
3 years ago
Didn’t this guy play “The Gimp” in that scene in “Pulp Fiction” ???
3 years ago
We are headed for the pagan, demonic, and utterly perverted world that God told us about 2000 years ago concerning the last days descent into depravity. This guy is entirely self-centered and should never have been allowed around any child.
3 years ago
Grimms fairytales come to life for all the little kiddies to see in wonderful 3D????
3 years ago
I wouldn’t my child to be taught by a freak either!
3 years ago
I sure as fuc- would’nt have my kids in his class either –
3 years ago
Letting a freak near children …
… endangers the children.
*** Everyone here have an excellent week!
