Teachers hair colour

[Yolocloud]

Would you be upset if the person teaching your child had dyed their hair pink? I didn't know what to think when I seen it. Is it professional?

[Sohardtochooseausername]

My teacher in the last year of primary school had a pink streak through her hair. This was 1988. She was ace. I got a good degree and a masters degree later on. Her hair did not distract me from education.

After I graduated I went to see her. She was about to retire and she still had pink hair. Pink hair teachers stay with you.

[Vinorosso74]

I quite like pink hair and don't see how it would affect her teaching ability. I used to work (reluctantly) in corporate banking and a woman in her 20s on my team had pink/purple hair. Senior management got her line manager to tell her to dye it to a natural colour. She did but hated having brown hair and did gradually get some subtle colours in. Her hair certainly didn't affect her work.

[Mishappening]

My DGD is taught by a lovely lady with pink hair - she is a wonderful teacher with a great sense of fun that the children appreciate enormously.

[elQuintoConyo]

But... Does the carpet match the curtains?

Sorry

I could not give less of a shit what colour hair a teacher has. Not one poocrumb!

[Beba11]

I am a bit old fashioned so I would not be keen on it. Call it a prude and uptight upbringing!

[Glaciferous]

Genuinely cannot see the problem here. Uniform and other dress regulations are basically a complete distraction from what is important about a school or teacher. Having pink hair does not affect a person's ability to act professionally. I wouldn't personally care if half the kids had pink hair either. It wouldn't affect their ability to do their work. All uniform and these petty regulations do is strengthen the idea that what you look like matters. And it really really doesn't. What matters is how you behave and what's going on inside your head.

[Mrbatmun]

They might not have a uniform but their are usually regulations about what is appropriate, the teachers at my secondary school definitely did and colourful hair was a no.

It doesn't say if the teacher is primary or secondary. I agree that secondary teachers tend to have to be a bit smarter than primary - indeed when I was a primary teacher we had a very loose dress code (no jeans and that's about it) and I went into work looking like boiled shite most days!

[Starlight345]

How I judge a teacher has absolutely nothing to do with their clothes hair or appearance.

My Ds has Adhd so it might actually remind him to look at the teacher

[Queenofthedrivensnow]

I couldn't give a shit if the teacher had pink hair. My hair is purple and I'm a sw. My dds would be highly impressed with pink hair but they like seeing quirky style choices in others and it sparks their imagination.

[mummyhaschangedhername]

Nope. Wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

[FlamingoLass]

Why on earth would it bother anyone? Bloody hell.

[Haffdonga]

Not at all, but I would care if she didn't speak grammatically correct English.

[CountFosco]

Clearly hair colour doesn't affect your ability to teach or learn. Personally I find the 'natural colours only' rule for pupils really dodgy. So it's OK to dye your hair blond but not pink? I'm far more concerned about what society thinks about blond haired women (sexy, dumb etc) than what it think about pink haired women (cool, rebellious etc).

[MaisyPops]

CountFosco
It keeps things very simple for parents.
But maaaam, EVERYONE else is allowed...
No dear not everyone else is allowing their child yo have a neon green mohawk. Plus, school says natural colours.

Most parents don't allow their children to dye their hair and have lots of unconventional styles. Remove the potential pressure.

[BlancheM]

I don't have the breathtaking arrogance to think someone else's hair would somehow relate to me personally.

[madcatladyforever]

Yes it certainly would be unacceptable to me given schools are so rigid and inflexible about what students wear now and their hair styles.
They should follow their own dress code. If a student came in with pink hair they would be sent home.
There should never be one rule for them and another rule for the students.

[MarthaArthur]

Aren't uniforms a thing to make all students equal? So the poor kid doesnt come in wearing shabby clothes and get riddiculed by the kid head to foot in designer wear? So the kid who's not allowed piercings and luminous hair isnt left out by everyone who is allowed? Its about everyone having an equal start to education and standards. These standards change as they get older and find their own way in life with regards to work and higher education. Some jobs will let you look like whatever you want. Some have strict rules.
Nearly everyone i know has unnaturally colourful hair. It doesnt affect their abilities at all. (I also had some cool alternative teachers)

[Frlrlrubert]

It’s all very well saying it doesn’t affect my teaching but then it doesn’t affect the kids learning either does it

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The argument is usually that colorful hair distracts students from learning, but if a teacher having it doesn't distract them then I really doubt students having unnatural hair colours would be an issue in that way.

Colourful / extreme hairstyles distract students from learning because the are looking at each other and are a potential bullying flashpoint.

The students are meant to be paying attention to the teacher, so bright hair isn't an issue.

The other teachers aren't going to get picked on because their mum won't let them have / can't afford he latest haircut.

That's the logic anyway. Research shows it doesn't matter what the rules are as long as they are enforced consistently, but it seems that when asked, the majority of parents prefer a smart uniform and some rules around appearance and not taking £££ clothes to be lost at school.

(Teacher who couldn't care less what the students look like, but has to enforce the rules anyway)

[MarthaArthur]

And no. Teachers should not be subjected to the same rules and dress codes as students. Otherwise you would have 45 year olds wandering around in a pinafore and blazer.

[fromroses]

No, I'd love it.

[LaurieFairyCake]

Also why would anyone think teachers have ANYTHING to do with deciding a uniform policy

All they do is enforce it when they have to.

Kids are kids, they have stupid rules imposed by adults

Adults have different rules - you know like the one where that teacher got FIRED for appearing in an alumni advert for her university a decade ago because SHE WAS HOLDING A GLASS OF WINE

[Rebecca36]

Wouldn't bother me at all. Quite nice to have a teacher who is a bit different, kids will like it.

[Tomorrowillbeachicken]

Tbh we struggle so hard to even keep our teachers so it is moronic to try to further restrict it by those who wAnt to dye their hair or have tattoos or certain hairstyles.

[ShesABelter]

I don't care what their hair is like or their make up, nails or clothes (as long as it's not a peep hole bra and suspenders) as long as they are a caring, nurturing great teacher. Thats all that matters.

[MyDoctor]

I'd bring it up with the headmaster. She's not setting a good example to her pupils.