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Teacher says his tattoos and surgically blackened eyes cost him his kindergarten job
Reuters ^ | Sept. 28, 2020 | Lucien Libert

Posted on 09/28/2020 8:47:47 AM PDT by rickmichaels

PALAISEAU, France — 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.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arth; education; sickfreak
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To: rickmichaels

A face that just screams, “Hire Me!”


41 posted on 09/28/2020 9:29:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rickmichaels

That mentally ill person should not be near children.


42 posted on 09/28/2020 9:32:01 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: KobraKai
The Tattoo for young females is another variation of the black boyfriend trope.

Which is, in turn, another variation on the “Get back at my parents” trope - frequently seen of late in the surge of withe female Gen Z BLM/Antifa supporters.

43 posted on 09/28/2020 9:34:43 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: rbg81

Don’t know if they can do the eyes.

I have one tattoo.

I like it.

Can’t be seen with a short sleeve shirt on.

Right shoulder into arm.

I actually never think about it unless something reminds me...like this article :)

Has special meaning that can’t be topped so I will never get another one


44 posted on 09/28/2020 9:35:00 AM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABO UT THE COVID GODFATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: rickmichaels

I am not seeing a problem with this.
If wants to start Gothic Daycare for people who like freaks, that’s fine, but his employer has the right to toss him out.


45 posted on 09/28/2020 9:36:38 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security! (Ironic, huh?))
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To: rickmichaels

If ever there was a person who fit the definition of “Colored” it’s this guy. I can’t believe they would allow discrimination against him. /sarc


46 posted on 09/28/2020 9:40:38 AM PDT by Outlaw76 (Free Men don't ask permission.)
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To: left that other site

He scares the heck out of me as well!


47 posted on 09/28/2020 9:41:28 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Tattoos are forbidden by the Bible.

That's right: in Leviticus 19:28.

And one verse earlier:

You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

Regards,

48 posted on 09/28/2020 9:45:55 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: rickmichaels

The only cure, “fire, and lots of it”.


49 posted on 09/28/2020 9:46:49 AM PDT by VicVanleeuwenhoek
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To: rickmichaels

He really messed up! He should have claimed that he was a female [lizard] . . .


50 posted on 09/28/2020 9:50:23 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: rbg81

My wife’s nephew is having his extensive HARRY POTTER tattoos removed. Chest, back, arms. His brother is covered in some super hero cartoon tats. Hilarious!


51 posted on 09/28/2020 9:54:34 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: Jim from C-Town

And I’m a Biker. So it’s not just the tats.


52 posted on 09/28/2020 9:55:27 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: rickmichaels

Holy crap!


53 posted on 09/28/2020 9:57:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: rickmichaels

The facial expressions almost say as much as all the other ‘artwork’.

“Evil inside”


54 posted on 09/28/2020 10:09:36 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: alexander_busek

Exactly- and the reason tattoos were forbidden back then was because pagan religions required tattoos honoring the false gods they served- God did not want His people marrying pagans, and getting the tattoos that they got honoring vile false gods- tattoos today, for the most part are not for such purposes-


55 posted on 09/28/2020 10:11:44 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: rbg81
"Tattoo removal is expensive, time consuming, potentially dangerous and never 100% effective."

You forgot, painful.

56 posted on 09/28/2020 10:38:35 AM PDT by jackibutterfly (My mind is wandering, and I'm following it!)
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To: KobraKai

I know which one I prefer....rotflmaopimp


57 posted on 09/28/2020 10:43:03 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you run the tra)
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To: rickmichaels

As well it should have.

The guy has no business anywhere near kids.


58 posted on 09/28/2020 10:43:26 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: blueunicorn6

Birds don’t mutilate themselves. Don’t insult the birds.
Parents must hate their kids to let that person close to them.


59 posted on 09/28/2020 10:44:17 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: rbg81

Is there anyone who doesn’t believe these people that demolish their bodies in this way have very significant psychological issues and problems?


60 posted on 09/28/2020 10:44:29 AM PDT by BlueHorseShoe
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