Tattoos on teachers?

[declansdad]

I trust my children's teachers to have good judgement. Running out and getting a full sleeve, signals to me, that the teacher has issues and doesn't use her best judgement.

I don't need that crap around my child. If you have some covered, so be it, what I don't know won't hurt me, but to have a full sleeve and those nasty ear things. Weirdo. Not teaching my kids.

Why does that show poor judgment and make them a weirdo?

 

[declansdad]

Don't worry, my kids share my views! It is my job as a parent to teach and guide, I do that.

You mean that judge people on their looks??

 

[YodaGirl]

To the people defended visible tattoos on professionals: Please answer this honestly.

You have been accused of a crime and are about to go before a jury of your peers. Who do you want arguing for you, the typical clean cut lawyer type or someone with a tribal tattoo snaking up his neck and an ear gauge?

There's a time for personal expression, and several professions where it doesn't matter at all how you look. In many fields, however, the impression you make is essential to your success.

Would you want your 18 year old to limit his or her choices forever by choosing permanent, visible alterations to his or her appearance? I'd absolutely tell mine that I think he should make sure any ink he gets can be hidden and explain the potential ramifications of his choices. Then it's on him.

I'm concerned with large, visible tattoos on teachers (mainly those who teach younger kids) simply for the distraction that it might cause. Since you can't leave whether or not a tattoo is acceptable up to each individual employer, I could see where (in the school system) they would be banned.

Do I think that tattoos would make the teacher a poor one? No. I'm just concerned that some students might be too distracted. After all, the younger a class, the less decorations there are in the classroom for just that reason

As for a lawyer (or any other profession), I see absolutely nothing wrong with them. I wouldn't reject the top neurosurgeon because (s)he has a tattoo.

 

[luvsJack]

Don't worry, my kids share my views! It is my job as a parent to teach and guide, I do that.

So you have taught your child to judge people on the way they look? What else does that include besides tattoos?

Not all private schools exclude tattoos. I am assuming you think you have the power to MAKE the school fire a teacher you don't approve of?

Again, what if the teacher with the tattoo is the best teacher for the job? Would you not want the best?

I agree that it is our job to guide and teach our children. I am thankful that I have taught mine to be open minded in all things and to get to know a person before making judgment on their character.

 

[teacherforhi]

I'm concerned with large, visible tattoos on teachers (mainly those who teach younger kids) simply for the distraction that it might cause. Since you can't leave whether or not a tattoo is acceptable up to each individual employer, I could see where (in the school system) they would be banned.

Do I think that tattoos would make the teacher a poor one? No. I'm just concerned that some students might be too distracted. After all, the younger a class, the less decorations there are in the classroom for just that reason
As for a lawyer (or any other profession), I see absolutely nothing wrong with them. I wouldn't reject the top neurosurgeon because (s)he has a tattoo.

Hardly. In the elementary classrooms, there's TONS of stuff on the wall. Kids' work, the calendar, how many days of school have we had, posters, things hanging from the ceiling, etc. When you get to the upper grades, you generally have far LESS things on the wall. I have two bulletin boards, one for kids' work and one for general information (lunch menu, sports schedules). That's it, and I'm pretty typical for my school.

 

[HelenePA]

I'm concerned with large, visible tattoos on teachers (mainly those who teach younger kids) simply for the distraction that it might cause. Since you can't leave whether or not a tattoo is acceptable up to each individual employer, I could see where (in the school system) they would be banned.

Do I think that tattoos would make the teacher a poor one? No. I'm just concerned that some students might be too distracted. After all, the younger a class, the less decorations there are in the classroom for just that reason

As for a lawyer (or any other profession), I see absolutely nothing wrong with them. I wouldn't reject the top neurosurgeon because (s)he has a tattoo.

Have you been in a Preschool or Kindergarten classroom lately? I can assure you 100% this is so wrong. Looks like your DD is 4 so you'll either be homeschooling and wont see it or you'll see it next year... think toy story 3 that is how preschool and k classrooms are decorated... (with out the talking toys that is... that would just be freaky)

 

[joviroxx]

I would love to know how you know for sure that your kids "share your views" about everything.

What is with this topic that so many judgmental, condescending jerks are posting with their superior, elitist attitudes? I think we have a enough of them on here now to make up a basketball team.

OK, I have no issue with people getting tattoos but I also have no issue with people not liking them and having their own opinions about it. I know many who don't like them and their opinion isn't about the way people look, they just think its odd decision making.

Do I agree, not usually ,but I don't judge these folks calling them judgemental, condescening ,superior ,elitist or jerks.. At this point, you sound more intolerant.

And for the record, while everyone is free to decorate their own bodies and I know many whose tattoos mean something very special to them, I don't want my kids getting them.. And at at our business, salesman cannot have visible tattoos... Call me whatever......

 

[declansdad]

OK, I have no issue with people getting tattoos but I also have no issue with people not liking them and having their own opinions about it. I know many who don't like them and their opinion isn't about the way people look, they just think its odd decision making.

Do I agree, not usually ,but I don't judge these folks calling them judgemental, condescening ,superior ,elitist or jerks.. At this point, you sound more intolerant.

And for the record, while everyone is free to decorate their own bodies and I know many whose tattoos mean something very special to them, I don't want my kids getting them.. And at at our business, salesman cannot have visible tattoos... Call me whatever......

This is a difference between saying you don't like them because of the way they look and saying people with tattoos show poor judgment or are of a lower class.

 

[MoonFaerie]

I'm concerned with large, visible tattoos on teachers (mainly those who teach younger kids) simply for the distraction that it might cause. Since you can't leave whether or not a tattoo is acceptable up to each individual employer, I could see where (in the school system) they would be banned.

Do I think that tattoos would make the teacher a poor one? No. I'm just concerned that some students might be too distracted. After all, the younger a class, the less decorations there are in the classroom for just that reason

As for a lawyer (or any other profession), I see absolutely nothing wrong with them. I wouldn't reject the top neurosurgeon because (s)he has a tattoo.

Um, no. The younger grades have more in them. The K and 1 classes even have centers with things like play kitchens and Lego tables.

 

[SaraJayne]

You mean that judge people on their looks??

People will always be judged on their looks. That's just the way it is, whether anyone wants to admit it or not.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

I think that tats have changed their role in our society. They used to represent a more rebellious side of people, and are now common across almost every spectrum of our society. That said, I know some very conservative people who still judge people with tats just for having them.

My advice to my boys on the subject of tats - if you ever decide to get one, be prepared to be judged for that decision. People are judgmental. Just spend a few minutes looking around this forum for evidence. A simple decision made in your youth could cost you your dream job in 20 years.

Is it fair? No. But life isn't fair.

 

[declansdad]

People will always be judged on their looks. That's just the way it is, whether anyone wants to admit it or not.

But would you teach your kids to do it?

 

[SaraJayne]

But would you teach your kids to do it?

Would I teach them to judge others on their looks? In some ways, yes. In others, no.

They pick up their own cues from society what is and isn't acceptable in regards to appearance.

 

[badcramps]

This is a funny thread. I hope most of you are NOT planning for your kids to go to college. I have an awful lot of colleagues teaching at prestigious schools across the country with tattoos.

Perhaps little Johnny should choose his college and grad/prof. school based on how many tattoos per capita the faculty have. I would guess a strict Orthodox Jewish University will be the only option (given Judaism forbids tattooing, I'm guessing the faculty at such a school will be the least tattooed anywhere). But certainly nothing like Harvard Med or Yale Law or any top liberal arts college or Ivy League will be okay! Can you believe the top colleges/universities in the world actually hire professors for their talent?

Jokes on them I guess--everybody knows a Harvard degree is worthless.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

People will always be judged on their looks. That's just the way it is, whether anyone wants to admit it or not.

Doesn't make it right.

 

[joviroxx]

This is a difference between saying you don't like them because of the way they look and saying people with tattoos show poor judgment or are of a lower class.

Sure, but my point was that calling others who have their own opinion and the right to that opinion, elitist , judgemental , jerks and superior is no better than what they are accusing others of doing. Those titles aren't assigned to just 1 "side".

 

[SaraJayne]

Doesn't make it right.

It's a fact of life.

 

[joviroxx]

Doesn't make it right.

Unfortunately, being judged on how you present yourself outwardly is a fact of life. You don't have to care, but it does exist and tattoos are the least of it.

 

[brerrabbit]

I could care less if a teacher has tatoos, that's their choice. However I also understand it is the right of School Districts to sat whether the tatoos are visible or not. In our district you can have all you want but they cannot be visible during school. But then again I don't see that as being a whole lot different than the company work for setting certain standards for my dress and appearance, especially if I am seeing customers.

I mean I support your rights 100% if you want to cover 100% of your body with tatoo's, it's a free country and that is your right. Just understand that certain individuals and groups will look at you differently as a result. Our favorite Pastor has three tatoo's and one is visible on his forearm and is religious in nature and I think no differently of him than I would of anyone else.

At the pharmecy I get my medicine from there is a Pharmisist that looks very official in her whitr lab coat and is very subdued. The pharmecy is in a Wal Mart and one day DW and I saw her shoppint there with her two daughters. She was wearing shorts and a tank top and she has a tatoo that is huge, ans goes all across her back and wraps around the front of he body. It's a swan with a bent neck and big red flowers and greenery all around it. I still trust her as a pharmesist but must admit it threw me for a loop. My wife has one of the daughters at her school and the mother came into school one day and a conversation was had about her tatoo and she admitted that Wal Mart asked her to keep it covered while at work. She admitted that she had no problem with it because she understood that a lot of people would have a problem getting drugs from her if they were to see it.

 

[joviroxx]

I know a lot of places who ban any kind of self-expression or personal statements on clothing in places of work as well. Tattoos are seen in the same light.


There was a time I wanted one but I am deathly afraid of needles. Im kinda glad I didn't get one. My skin isn't as taut as it was when I was younger and it would look pretty stupid now LOL