Teachers should not wear make up!

[DameDoom]

This was a comment I received from a parent at Parent's Eve last week. I was speechless. I'm hardly an extra from TOWIE but at 40 years old, I firmly believe no child in my care should have to witness my actual grey complexion, greasy hair and natural dowdiness. I will continue to glam it up - within reason.

I had a similar response to my own bare face when I first started working (not as a teacher).

I was once mistaken for a child under 12 and offered a train ticket for a trip from Dublin to Cork at the under 12 price by the ticket agent at the station (which I bought and saved a lot of money -- while I had him there I bought an under 12 return) when I was 21.

Last winter DD's teacher used to rotate her large wardrobe of fur coats . I'm not sure I saw her in the same outfit twice.

My son developed eczema on his face soon after he joined a new nursery. My suspicion falls on being cuddled by nursery teachers with full face makeup, heavy perfume users and using large pendant necklaces. Some days he smells like someone's perfume. The previous nursery had none of this. But I could be wrong.

The rules are different for adults and people need to teach their kids this.

That said, greasy hair means unwashed, not lack of makeup. And please don't pass on the idea that no makeup equals frumpy. Quite often makeup looks rough. There are no absolutes.

Makeup does indeed stick on ten years. Useful for teenagers. Less so for adults.

Anyone should be allowed to wear make-up at any time.

Tbh I used to think, when told by teachers at school that I should remove my makeup, why should I when you are wearing it yourself?

And the "it's different for adults" argument seems as ridiculous to me now as it did then.

I actually think older girls and boys SHOULD be allowed to wear some makeup if they want...guidelines should be set out...but what's wrong with some mascara and lip gloss? A bit of concealor if they want it?

Why would a child need to wear makeup, AwkwardMary, if it's not part of their uniform?

I knew it would be a parent defensive about their kid not wanting to conform to school rules making this comment. FFS teachers are not children and are not going to school, they are adults with a job. The rules are different for them and so they should be.

It's bad enough when whiny kids make this sort of argument, indefensible that a parent should be so dim.

And the "it's different for adults" argument seems as ridiculous to me now as it did then

Try, it's different for employees.

Teens are self conscious enough all ready and imagine if they have bad acne- they should be able to cover it. I don’t have a problem with a bit of makeup in secondary school- light mascara and fill in eyebrows (not drawn on like triangles) and some foundation/concealer; it doesn’t have to be caked on to make a big difference to confidence.

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