A teacher who is covered head to toe in tattoos has been told he can no longer teach his kindergarten class.
After the uproar he decided to take things to the other extreme and show us what he’d look like without all that ink, getting a makeup artist to turn back the clock, and the result crazy!
Sylvain Helaine, from France, claims his body is “100% tattooed”, including the recent addition of his eyes and tongue!
He lost his job teaching under 6s, as a parent told the school their child was scared of him. The thirty-five-year-old wasn’t sacked but moved to a higher age group. He now teaches children from the age of 6 and above.
Two months after the parent informed the school…
He was told by the local school authorities that they couldn’t let him carry on teaching that age group.
Sylvain, who is a model and performer calling himself “Freaky Hoody” said: “The Inspection Académique no longer wanted me to go work in kindergarten to avoid receiving letters of complaint.”
“They [Inspection Académique] didn’t want to rock the boat, and wanted to avoid parents from complaining about my appearance.”
He went on: “My appearance is not an obstacle on a daily basis, because I think I am a good teacher and do my best at my job and progress from year to year.”
“It is a problem for some people, but rarely, it is one parent in 1,000, and they are parents of children that I do not have in class.”
Some of the children at the school were asked about their thoughts on his unique looks…
One of the older students said: “The bottom of his tattooed eyes, that scared me at first, but my parents encouraged me not to be afraid anymore.”
“Now I’m not afraid, he’s even almost my favorite teacher.
“He’s a nicer teacher than I actually thought.”
Saying: “I think the decision they took was quite sad.”
Despite this, Sylvain has gone on to teach grades above grade six and has also recently taken part in Hooked On The Look…
Where he covered his signature inkings for the day, and the results are crazy…
Adding: “With the parents of the children I have in class, everything is going well. With the children too, once the surprise is over, we work well and they think I’m the coolest.”
After the transformation, Sylvain walked into the cafe where his dad and sister were waiting nervously, and he sure did give them the shock of a lifetime…
Check out their reaction below…