France's most tattooed man told not to teach nursery children
Published 3 hours ago France's most tattooed man has said he was told not to teach nursery school children after a parent complained about his looks.
Sylvain Helaine has tattoos on his body, face and tongue, and has had his eyeballs surgically inked black.
Mr Helaine, 35, still teaches primary school children aged six and older.
He said the child whose parent complained was not taught by him, and that his own pupils were "cool" with his appearance because they knew him.
"It's only when people see me from far away that they can assume the worst," he told Reuters news agency.
Mr Helaine, who is also known as "Freaky Hoody", said he was teaching at a school in Palaiseau, near Paris, last year when a three-year-old child told their parents that they had nightmares after seeing him.
The child's parents then complained to the educational authorities.
Almost two months later, officials told him that he could no longer teach that age group - a decision Mr Helaine said was "quite sad".
His tattoos, Mr Helaine said, could help teach pupils to accept people who did not look like them.
He told BFM TV: "Children who see me learn tolerance of others. When they are adults, they may
be less likely to be racist or homophobic, and they will not look at disabled people as if they were something from a circus."
Mr Helaine estimates that he has spent about 460 hours under the tattooist's needle.
This includes the procedure on his eyes, which he had to travel to Switzerland for because it is illegal to have it done in France.
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"homophobic" is mentioned, so it is obvious that an acceptance of
LGBTQ practices are also foisted on youngsters via this "teaching"
imposition of "Children who see me learn tolerance of others. ... ".
Not likely as the nightmarish experience will haunt most;
except sadistic among them, youngsters into their adult hoods.
I sure still cringe from my childhood experiences of being spooked by
tattooed criminals being shoved into police wagons beck in Siberia.
