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[djilly]

I am a teacher. I want to try wigs out. I just found a cute bob wig that I want to rock for a minute. But what do I do when I want to rock my own shorter length?
How are the teachers on here trying out new wigs/looks with the kid's comments? You know those kids are staring us down daily. They comment on everything--How we smell, How we look, What we are driving etc. So how do you handle the "Hair Thing" with students?

 

[Jassy28]

I'm an el. ed major and I work at a daycare so I know what you mean. I have changed up my hair quite a bit and the kids always have something to say, even when I do something different with my real hair i.e ponytail, curls, straight pinned up. My hair or not they comment on it. I have never worn a full wig but I have worn a half one a few time and they just said, "You changed your hair again!". Some of the kids want to touch and ask all kinds of questions. I just tell them that I don't like anyone touching my hair and they understand. As far as the questions I just turn their attention toward something else, and it seems to work.

 

[Br*nzeb*mbsh~ll]

Lord, Teacher over here {stands and waves hand}

I am on point every-day.
They watch every-thing.
They say any-thing.
- no social controls yet...that keeps my "Jazziness" in check.
Case in point, I wore a tunic dress and leggings with boots and my student told me i was dressed inappropriately for school. <Lil' Person, say what?> Okay i found it humorous. They love to touch my hair and it keeps me from doing anything too drastic with weaves and such. Other teachers at my school change their hair weekly
(length, color, texture), so different strokes for different folks, but i hate too much attentionn - i get enough as it is...

Middle Schoolers, they soak everything in...I just try to do me and not do anything too drastic. Now back in the day, i wouldn't have given a big whoop. I've calmed down since then.

 

[curlmama]

I was concerned about the same thing! I teach 6th grade and I used to wear my natural hair well naturally but then I started wearing half wigs. My students really like it. I picked a style that looked like it could have been my hair, only straightened (that was in Nov.) I started wearing them after the Veteran's day holiday so they would "forget" how I looked before. Oh course I got lots of looks and comments but I just said "Oh I am trying something different." Currently, I still wear a half wig each day and I rotate between about 3-4 different styles. My students often comment "Oh your hair is really curly today"

But be warned...I had one mother, who is a hair dresser, come and look my hair over (of course she did not think I noticed) to see if it was a wig/weave or not so she could go and tell the other couple of moms who were dying to know. But they are just curious and I can not let them hurt my feelings. The number of parents (many of them not my own) who stopped me and told me how great I looked out weighed the mean ones.

This is a great time to change you hair (over Christmas vacation)! If you wear it for the next two weeks, then you will be used to it and when you go back to school you will feel confident with it (plus enough of your friends and family will tell you if you look great or it you should get another style wig before you go back to school).

 

[kitamay]

Teacher in the building. I teach first grade boys and they let me have it. I am not bold enough to wear a wig yet, one little boy told me that I shouldn't wear my glasses because I look much better without them . I like to do most of my changes over breaks like winter break and spring break when everybody comes back looking new. Now my one of my co-workers who teaches 4th grade on the other hand changes her wigs/weaves all the time. She will go from her natural short hair to her long straight weave in the middle of the week. It depends on the students you have I think. I teach at an all black school k-12, where changing your hair often is the norm for the students and the teachers. Do what makes you feel comfy.

 

[jerseyjill]

I teach middle school and they just dont care what they say. But when they look and say " You're hair color is different." I go from brunette to redhead in the middle of the week! My response is "I'll be a blonde next week!" They laugh and look stunned.
Now high school teaching was better, cause the girls switch up just as much as I do, so they think I'm the hottest thing on the block! Just be confident with it, laugh it off and get back to the Objective. It always works itself out.