Teachers wearing Ugg/simlar boots at school?

[carocaro]

And yes I can't beleive that I think it's too casual to the classroom. It seems wrong to me, I would not wear them to work (but then again I work from home!).

But Ugg Boots are very expensive! And as for Clarks I meant black leather shoes in general of course.

I was about to say the same thing. I can't afford uggs but can afford to look smart.

Eh?! You have the time and inclination to worry about what teachers wear on their feet?

Is s/he a good teacher? That's all that matters!

I was tempted to ask what's wrong with Uggs, but do you know what, I really don't want to know! It's just so petty and insignificant!

I think you are a bit uptight / bonkers tbh. Seriously, loosen up a little, this stuff really does not matter a jot in the grand scheme of things!

Teachers are professionals, yes? Scruffy cream Ugg boots with leggings and a baggy cardi and hair scrunched up in a top knot does not make you look at all professional, in any profession. would not look good on a nurse, solicitor, detective or GP either. There are other shoes somewhere in between high heels and Ugg boots, that are comfy! If teachers can wear uggs for comfort, then my children should be able to wear more comfy than Clarke black leather things, after all they sit on the floor etc. If I turned up for work like that I'd be told to go home and change!

I work in an extremely respectable profession, in the last few months I have gone to work in Vans Pink Skull trainers, Converse Knee High boots, killer high heels etc to be honest OP you sound like you're jealous some teachers have more leeway with what they wear than you do...

Actually, I'm being charitable here, you're basically coming across as snotty and resentful that they dare to spend their wages (I bet you're one of those parents who thinks you 'pay their wages' aren't you) on something beautiful/comfortable/frivolous.

Really could not care less.

You sound like the parents at our school who complained about the PE and Dance teachers looking too scruffy - they wear tracksuits and trainers because of the nature of their job!

Before I joined what the OP would deem a respectable profession, I was a teacher in a German Grammar School - the preoccupation with what teachers wear seems to be a UK phenomenon as it never happened over there and my colleagues were wearing jeans, shell suits (1990s), clogs, you name it! There was generally more respect for teaching over there though rather than the constant searching for yet another petty whinge that you get over here from lots of people

Lordy me, who cares?

As long as they are good teachers, and good people. What a bizarre concern!

And as for 'other professionals', I remember the consultant looking after dd in paeds HDU wearing ugg-type boots. Frankly, what she said and did was far more important than her footwear - ditto dds' teachers.

OP wouldnt be impressed with out teachers then. They wear scruffy shorts, scruffy t-shirts, flip flops or bare feet. Dress standards are appalling, but the teachers are really good

The teachers in question are brilliant. It's the scruffiness of the Uggs, I can't help it is they are Ugg, if they were court shoes, platforms or wellies and were scruffy I'd think the same. But Uggs fall into the slipper category and in our local dry cleaners they charge £35 a pair to clean them! They can spend their wages on what they like, they just need to be professional and smart. I'd expect the same from a GP, solicitor, doctor etc etc

And I have not spend my entire life thinking about it, just a thought, as they are a profession and the male teachers are all suited, tie and booted, just such a difference. Why? It's not a slagging off teachers post it's a question about professionalism. There would be hardly any posts in MN if the odd little things did not pop in to our mind from time to time.

And Converse knee high boots sound extremely unpleasant, in or out of a professional office. That snotty enough for you acekicker? And yes I do pay their wages, anyone who pays tax does - this is how the G'ovt works, did you realise that? That said, I am still allowed to make a comment about them.

I couldn't give a flying fraction see what I did there? what teachers wear as long as it isn't obviously branded (massive Superdry logo or whatever), rude or revealing.

Teachers have a damn hard job and anything that makes them comfortable has to be a good thing.

You are allowed to comment, carocaro - but you do not pay my wages, the city council do. By your logic, you might as well say we are self employed, since we are also tax payers

I am also allowed my twopenn'orth - it's nothing to do with you what teachers choose to wear, I'm afraid. Hth. [hgrin]

I can't believe this debate is still rumbling on! And I can't believe people care.

I have worked in a few different countries as a teacher, and nowhere else have I found this weird obsession with "professional" dress that we have here. In Germany, I could wear what I wanted. In fact, most people wore jeans to work. Given that Germany's economy is about a million times healthier than ours, I'd say that it really doesn't matter what we wear to work.

Most people would probably rather wear something they actually feel comfortable in and like wearing - when I do, I feel much more able to do my job without worrying about what I'm wearing. Now I have to wear heels, smart skirt/trousers, blouse...I'm forever pulling at stuff, making sure it's not riding up etc.

I'm a teacher, sometimes I'm smart, other days I'm not - I tend not to do scruffy, but that's just personal choice it doesn't make me a better teacher, it usually depends on what I'll be doing that day or what is clean and ironed

The poster who keeps taking about GPs obviously hasn't met either of my Doctors - they are the scruffiest most unstylish ladies you could ever meet, however they are excellent Doctors so I tend not to worry about it.

GP - well, my practice seems to be populated by scruffy middle-aged blokes in crew-neck sweaters and cord, and women in trouser / jumper combos with shoes which owe much more to comfort than style. Fabulous place, state of the art equipment, very caring, lots of very high level expertise, clothes are the very least of my concerns given that their persistence and concern means that I have functioning skin on my hands for the first time in over 40 years.

Solicitor - only time I've dealt with one was buying our house. She was quite 'dressy', I remember, but as we were extremely scruffily dressed every time we saw her as the house was a definite 'doer upper' and we were perpetually crawling around roof spaces and through outhouses in the company of various experts I would have thought no less of her whatever she was wearing.

Doctor - apart from the GP, the only other doctors I have been in contact with were in hospital scrubs and Toetectors.

It is very, very odd that someone might link 'professionalism' to 'smart dress'. Professionalism surely means 'professional in their job'. Unless their job is 'clothes model', then any link to dress is entirely spurious and misguided.

Many people are comparing teachers to doctors and solicitors, but do doctors and solicitors spend their time on their hands and knees crawling round the floor interacting with the children, then sitting cross-legged with them, then doing an activity that requires running round the playground? On the days I'm not in the classroom I wear smart skirts/dress and footwear. On days when I'm teaching I wear clothes appropriate for that job - not uggs in my case as I personally don't like them, but I would probably be considered scruffy by many parents posting here.

I think that schools should have dress codes for teachers. Last a teacher at DS's school (a year 6 teacher) was wearing a baggy t shirt and old scruffy jeans that I would wear to paint the house. He looked terrible. Not shaved, looked like he really really didnt' care.

I don't mind ugg boots per say, but if worn with smart casual clothes. Not old paint-stained jeans.

I suppose there are always going to be people who would like teachers (or anyone else) to wear xyz or be smarter/more casual etc.

My mother likes her surroundings impeccably tidy and ordered (she was brought up in chaotic wartime circumstances). I like them more relaxed.

Either way, as far as what teachers wear....I certainly don't feel its my place, as a parent, to comment!

Blueberry, that example sounds a little different to me - I think if an individual has a general 'can't be bothered' attitude, and it extends to their dress, there is likely to be a problem in that they are role models as well as teachers. Self-respect is important. But if its ONLY dress that gives that impression...

It really pissed me off as a teenager to be told off for looking scruffy in the stupid school uniform by my form teacher, who really was particularly scruffy looking himself. So I do think that schools which enforce uniform rules should have more of a dress code for teachers, becasue otherwise it makes teenagers think their teachers are total hypocrites, which doesn't help much on the respect front.

However I much prefer schools that don't have uniforms, and where teachers and children follow roughly the same rules (my children's school dress code is no spaghetti straps, backless tops or gang slogans) and just get on with the general learning thing.

I am just wildly jealous of my little dd's teachers and ta's
Theyre all younger thinner & prettier than me

And much more attractive

I'm a TA. I started off in KS2, but am now in UFS, so there is no point in wearing anything too expensive as I end up with paint & glue on my clothes. I wear warm rocket dog boots as I do playground duty & it's cold & wet out there. Our only dress code for staff is "no jeans" We have to dress practically as we bend over a lot & sit on the floor & do PE etc. Can't do that in shorter skirt suits & high heels.