{"id":45101,"date":"2018-03-19T15:56:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=45101"},"modified":"2018-03-19T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:56:52","slug":"teacher-covered-body-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/teacher-covered-body-tattoos\/","title":{"rendered":"Elementary School Teacher Breaks The Mold By Covering Entire Body With Tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When you think of an elementary school teacher, we can guarantee that you are not thinking of the man picture above.<\/p>\n

Sylvain is Paris-based elementary school substitute teacher and model and he’s covered from head to toe in intricate designs that hold a world of meaning to him.<\/p>\n

“My tattoos have a deep significance, especially the Om on my face, as well as the different stages of the evolution of Buddha on my hands and feet,” he \u00a0told\u00a0Konbini<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Despite the odd looks and chatter from the public about his tattoos, Sylvain states that he never lets it bother him.<\/p>\n

“When I walk in public spaces, people are intimidated. Their first reaction is to lower their eyes, they’re afraid to stare at me,” he explained.<\/p>\n

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Once people get to know Sylvain, their impression of him changes almost immediately.<\/p>\n

Sylvain believes the open-mindedness of society has allowed people to be more accepting of his decision to tattoo his entire body.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn\u2019t have been accepted as I am 20 or 30 years ago. I am the genuine product of my time,” he said. “I don\u2019t want to sound clich\u00e9, but if I would send a message to others, it would be something like ‘do what you want with your body, as long as it is in harmony with who you are.'”<\/p>\n

“As a French civil servant, I\u2019m allowed to do what I want. The people I mix with at work, children, their parents, my colleagues \u2013 they all got used to it,” Sylvain added.<\/p>\n

“People are more open-minded than you would expect even if some of them badmouth behind your back\u2026 As for the children, they easily take me as I am,” he concluded.<\/p>\n

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In the beginning, Sylvain was self conscious about his tattoos, but he found inspiration in the many fully tattooed English civilians.<\/p>\n

“I was inspired by all those covered Brits, comfortable with their own bodies. I have been a teacher for two years back then, and I got my sleeves, one of my legs and my chest done in local shops.”<\/p>\n

Sylvain says now that he has his entire body covered in tattoos, photographers flock to him. Modeling has helped him overcome insecurities and boost his self esteem.<\/p>\n

“I usually get roles of soldiers, villains, night clubbers, you know, underground guys. I don\u2019t think I will get different requests anytime soon, but I don’t mind. It’s a niche for me. I’ve also been doing this for only a year, so wait and see…” he said.<\/p>\n[H\/T:\u00a0Konbini<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you think of an elementary school teacher, we can guarantee that you are not thinking of the man picture above. Sylvain is Paris-based elementary school substitute teacher and model and he’s covered from head to toe in intricate designs that hold a world of meaning to him. “My tattoos have a deep significance, especially the Om on my face, as well as the different stages of the evolution of Buddha on my hands and feet,” he \u00a0told\u00a0Konbini. freakyhoody\/Instagram Despite the odd looks and chatter from the public about his tattoos, Sylvain states that he never lets it bother him. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6598,6582,1,5843,4,27],"tags":[234,517],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45105,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45101\/revisions\/45105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45101"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=45101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}