16 tattoos and never had to cover them!!!! I had some of the best results in every school I taught at and was head of the English Dept. ART and creativity are nothing to hide!

Anonymous wrote:I might be old fashioned but I think it's not professional to show tattoos especially a position like a teacher that demands respect.

agree!

OP here again - wow wasn't expecting so many replies. Thanks everyone, your opinions are appreciated! DD read some of the replies and we are in agreement about the poster who suggested covering up for the interviews and then she will see what her new school atmosphere is like before exposing any tattoos. Whether she will get any additional tattoos is still up in the air but she now has something to think about.

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Anonymous wrote:Several fellow teachers at my W feeder school have tattoos. Generally, they are on display during the pre-service week and then we don't see them again until the teacher work day at the end of September (and even then only if it is warm enough for shorts, sleeveless tops,etc.)
I don't have any ink, but my own offspring see tattoos on family members, friends, neighbors, and other adults. Time to clutch your pearls: our pediatrician has a butterfly on the nape of her neck and our priest has a tattoo on his bicep from his days in the Armed Forces of his native country (we saw that during the youth group camping trip).

Why does it matter if it's a W feeder?

As a teacher in a non-W school, should I be covered from head to toe with tats?

It matters because parents at W pyramid schools tend to complain about everything that they can. My friend who was visibly pregnant was asked by her principal (at another school) to wear a wedding ring to prevent any awkwardness.

That must be a common thing. My friend in another county wore a wedding ring too, but I think she did it on her own.

In 1964, I could understand the need to do this, but it bugs me that it is still necessary in 2014.

Frankly, I find it relieving and refreshing that a principal would dare have the nerve to ask a pregnant single teacher to wear a wedding ring. The last thing I would want my high school age DD influenced by is a young single pregnant teacher.

Mother Superior from the Magdalene Laundry is that you? I feel like I just been transported into a 1950's time capsule.

The last thing I would want my high school age DD influenced by is a young single pregnant teacher.

Oh, you mean a young woman who chose life for her baby rather than abortion?

Yeah, I can see how that would be a horrible role model.

Anonymous wrote:They become less blazingly obvious when you are around people who have them. I grew up thinking they were trashy and then went on to marry a man who grew up in a culture where they are the norm and he went on to play a professional sport where they were also the norm. They became oblivious to me after awhile so I wouldn't think anything of it now.

they are everywhere in the nba, but it is a generationanl thing - otherwise you would've seen jordan, bill russell, bird, magic, isiah inked up - and they weren't.

iverson was when everything changed in the nba in terms of tats IMO.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else find it weird that people are so concerned with chemicals and what they put in their body (food, drink) and then they artificially mark up and insert dyes into their own skin????

I've never thought of this. Wow. But then again, I'd never get a tattoo so this wasn't on my radar. Interesting.

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No one is going to see a teacher's tramp stamp at school because ofdress codes about the midriff. I have seen quite a few on y'all's daughters though. Most be mom's influence.

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Anonymous wrote:Once DC had a team taught class with a teacher, young woman, early 20's, that had red/blue colored tattoos on her arms and forearms.

I could never get past this.

I just kept thinking that if someone's judgement is so off as to obliterate their natural body with superficial colors, that are permanent, that they wouldn't have good judgement in other parts of life.

Grew up in a culture that looked down on pride and taught people to be thankful for your natural beauty. so tattoos seem so wrong.

I kind of have the same opinion. At my DD's Catholic school, I have never seen a tattoo so the teachers must not have them or must cover them up. (Most of them are middle-aged Catholic moms/teachers, so I would be surprised if they did have tattoos in the first place, but maybe some of them do / some of the younger ones do?) Anyway, I too was brought up to appreciate natural beauty and to appreciate the beautiful human body which was created the way God intended, so it seems counter-intuitive to mark up / befoul what Christ intended for us. Not a fan, personally.

Yuck

one of the many reasons we left Catholic school

At least 3 teachers at my DD's independent Catholic school have ink and I've seen a fair share on parents of both sexes. Nothing risque. In fact, most have religious significance from what I've seen.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really care if people have tattoos. I do judge them based on the content of the tattoo if they show it to the world.

I much prefer people keep them covered while in a professional role. If it isn't covered, then it shouldn't be distracting or obscene.

I agree. If you have them, cover them up at work. The only people I know who don't cover them up at work is the FedEx guy who delivers to our office. Ladies in my office do have tattoos, they just keep them covered up at work. Done. Easy.

Really? My brother works for FedEx and company policy is that tats must be covered while on duty.

I would find it distasteful because I really dislike tattoos, but as long as it is not obscene, racist, criminal, or hateful, I would keep my opinion to myself because it's not my place to comment on what anyone other than my minor children chooses to do with their own body.

If the tattoo were obscene, racist, criminal, or hateful in nature, depending on the grade level the teacher was teaching, I might consider bringing that up to the principal as a concern because I don't necessarily think children should be forcibly exposed to such things for ~8 hours a day by an authority figure in their lives. Maybe it would be possible for the teacher to cover the tattoo during school hours. Or, maybe the school's stance is that this is none of the parents' business and they would not ask such a thing of their teachers. I can respect such a viewpoint, and in the latter case, depending on the tattoo in question and the specific teacher, I would have to give serious consideration to whether or not my child's continued attendance in the teacher's class was an honest reflection of our family values.

If my kids say they want a tattoo and one of their reasons is that their teacher has one, I will just tell them (1) whether or not to get a tattoo is an adult decision, (2) whether or not to get a tattoo as an adult is an individual's personal choice and none of our business, and (3) our opinion on the various pros and cons of getting a tattoo.

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Anonymous wrote:Several fellow teachers at my W feeder school have tattoos. Generally, they are on display during the pre-service week and then we don't see them again until the teacher work day at the end of September (and even then only if it is warm enough for shorts, sleeveless tops,etc.)
I don't have any ink, but my own offspring see tattoos on family members, friends, neighbors, and other adults. Time to clutch your pearls: our pediatrician has a butterfly on the nape of her neck and our priest has a tattoo on his bicep from his days in the Armed Forces of his native country (we saw that during the youth group camping trip).

Why does it matter if it's a W feeder?

As a teacher in a non-W school, should I be covered from head to toe with tats?

It matters because parents at W pyramid schools tend to complain about everything that they can. My friend who was visibly pregnant was asked by her principal (at another school) to wear a wedding ring to prevent any awkwardness.

That must be a common thing. My friend in another county wore a wedding ring too, but I think she did it on her own.

In 1964, I could understand the need to do this, but it bugs me that it is still necessary in 2014.

Frankly, I find it relieving and refreshing that a principal would dare have the nerve to ask a pregnant single teacher to wear a wedding ring. The last thing I would want my high school age DD influenced by is a young single pregnant teacher.

That's right!

b/c as an English teacher, I talked about my pregnancy ad infinitum about HOW I got pregnant and how the pregnancy was progressing

However, I was married but couldn't wear my ring. Salem Witch Trial, anyone?

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Anonymous wrote:Several fellow teachers at my W feeder school have tattoos. Generally, they are on display during the pre-service week and then we don't see them again until the teacher work day at the end of September (and even then only if it is warm enough for shorts, sleeveless tops,etc.)
I don't have any ink, but my own offspring see tattoos on family members, friends, neighbors, and other adults. Time to clutch your pearls: our pediatrician has a butterfly on the nape of her neck and our priest has a tattoo on his bicep from his days in the Armed Forces of his native country (we saw that during the youth group camping trip).

Why does it matter if it's a W feeder?

As a teacher in a non-W school, should I be covered from head to toe with tats?

It matters because parents at W pyramid schools tend to complain about everything that they can. My friend who was visibly pregnant was asked by her principal (at another school) to wear a wedding ring to prevent any awkwardness.

That must be a common thing. My friend in another county wore a wedding ring too, but I think she did it on her own.

In 1964, I could understand the need to do this, but it bugs me that it is still necessary in 2014.

Frankly, I find it relieving and refreshing that a principal would dare have the nerve to ask a pregnant single teacher to wear a wedding ring. The last thing I would want my high school age DD influenced by is a young single pregnant teacher.

Yes, it's much better that your high school age DD is "protected" from life by lies, preferably lies orchestrated for her benefit by people in charge. That always breeds thoughtfulness, integrity and intellectual honesty. Or you could, you know, talk with her about how spectacularly difficult parenthood is and how many of the difficulties of parenthood are compounded by doing it alone.

Ugly as hell, makes me question their judgment, but officially in the category of "none of my business."

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Anonymous wrote:Several fellow teachers at my W feeder school have tattoos. Generally, they are on display during the pre-service week and then we don't see them again until the teacher work day at the end of September (and even then only if it is warm enough for shorts, sleeveless tops,etc.)
I don't have any ink, but my own offspring see tattoos on family members, friends, neighbors, and other adults. Time to clutch your pearls: our pediatrician has a butterfly on the nape of her neck and our priest has a tattoo on his bicep from his days in the Armed Forces of his native country (we saw that during the youth group camping trip).

Why does it matter if it's a W feeder?

As a teacher in a non-W school, should I be covered from head to toe with tats?

It matters because parents at W pyramid schools tend to complain about everything that they can. My friend who was visibly pregnant was asked by her principal (at another school) to wear a wedding ring to prevent any awkwardness.

That must be a common thing. My friend in another county wore a wedding ring too, but I think she did it on her own.

In 1964, I could understand the need to do this, but it bugs me that it is still necessary in 2014.

Frankly, I find it relieving and refreshing that a principal would dare have the nerve to ask a pregnant single teacher to wear a wedding ring. The last thing I would want my high school age DD influenced by is a young single pregnant teacher.

Lol!