I was just going to say that. Luckily I won’t be around to see all the wrinkly tattoos when these people are 75 to 90 years old.
I’d have no problem with him teaching my kids actually; unless he was teaching them about making tasteful decisions about tattoos.
My friend Breandan, on the other hand (pictured on the previous page) I would trust completly on any topic.
I happen not to wear make-up----grew up during a time when many girls decided not to and I just never got interested later. So I actually find it a little strange when people get all into make-up and what brands are best and what lipstick should they wear, etc. My niece likes to look at books about how to put on make-up. I don’t think it is wrong, it is just not something I participate in or care to do for myself at the moment or have much to say about one way or the other. So to me tattooing is about the same. Not something I am interested in, but something other people obviously are. People who are obsessed with their appearance or the appearance of others----whether with what their hair looks like or what tattoos they have----seem a little lacking in some important qualities to me, but people who have a little fun with their appearance but have other things they consider more important seem fine for any sort of employment. So fun could be changing your hair color or getting a tattoo.
I don’t care whether the teacher has tattoos. I do care whether they can teach.
As for tattoos themselves- I don’t care for them , so I don’t have 'em. I can’t imagine putting something on myself permanently, since I probably would change my mind at some point. They do send a negative signal to me, and that’s probably just a sign of the times and culture of my age and upbringing. I do have one daughter who has multiple tattoos. She got them as an adult and it’s her decision. To each his own, whatever floats your boat…
I would rather not have my (hypothetical) kids be taught by someone displaying tattoos. I don’t think it’s very professional, though that’s probably just old-fashioned prejudices. But if the best teacher out there happens to have 'em, I would want the best teacher out there for my kids. That’s how it seems to me.
I have one tattoo: a simple stylised sun in black on my left upper arm. I had it done when I was about 39 or 40. I had never seen anything I wanted until I saw that.
I’d like a couple more. There is a lovely cave-painting style buffalo I saw a couple of years ago that I would like to have. Again, a very simple stylised black symbol.
Why, if I were a teacher, would any of that make any difference? Why would it be unprofessional? How does that work? Is it unprofessional to teach without wearing a tie? Were there no professional teachers before ties were invented?
What matters in a teacher is whether they are a good person and a good teacher - and what they teach.
Some people wear bad ties, horrid shoes. Some people have hairstyles they think are nice and which I think make them look like unstable people. When I had hair, many people would, I am sure, have included me in that category.
People decorate themselves and dress up as they will. Good. I’m for that.
Other people worry too much about trivial stuff - much of which is not their business unless they’re looking to be the universal arbiters of taste. Or just trying to start arguments.
I can’t follow the logic behind worrying if a teacher with tattoos would be a bad influence on the kids.
Are there any kid in school who actually wants to look like their teacher?
I have three daughters and I have never worry about if they will get any tattoos.
By the time they are old enough to get one, people with with tattoos will be over represented by older women
in the 40-50’s with unrecognizable ink motives and old bald guys with beer bellies.
I’m sure they will be looking for something clompletely different.
Maybe I should start to worry what that might be 
/MarcusR
Heaven forfend! We certainly don’t want that sort hanging about, what with their tattoos and all.
djm
Now there’s a good point.
Oy, watch yer step there, sunshine. 
My oldest is eight, so just wait and see what Mr Ice will look in ten years from now 
Cheers!
/MarcusR
Exactly, that’s why I said “I don’t think it’s very professional, though that’s probably just old-fashioned prejudices.” Really I don’t know why I think of it that way, except that’s how I was raised (well, my parents taught me not to care whether people had tattoos or not (or earrings, dyed hair, etc.), but it just wasn’t present in our family). Didn’t mean to offend. But I don’t think tattoos should be a factor in choosing a teacher, because teachers can be good or bad regardless.
You didn’t offend. Just triggered a line of thought. 
What about a teacher who has lots of plastic surgery and modifies her or his appearance significantly? I just had that thought. Like tattoos, but perhaps more drastic, plastic surgery is body modification.
Being honest, I’m not sure I’d want this lady teaching my children:
Good point.
Personally, I see tattoos being closer to make-up than to cosmetic surgery, with piercings being somewhere between the two, but closer to tattoos than to CS.
All very subjective judgments, I’m sure.
By the way, I am afraid of that picture.
Personally, I like the idea of a dress code for teachers and with the exception of the hands and face, most tattoos would not be visible.
I don’t see why you would need rules covering plastic surgery, even if you thought that someone who looked like MJ would be unsuitable as a teacher, which I don’t. Kids can be very cruel and would mock someone who’d had bad plastic surgery mercilessly. People like that would surely elect not to teach.
Boy, MJs anorexic nose really creeps me out. Sometimes plastic surgeons should just say no.
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