Would it bother you if your kids teacher has a tear drop tattoo/or a lot of tattoos showing on face and arms?

[Apple1996]

My son's teacher has a tear drop and is covered in tattoos. It doesn't bother me but some other parents seemed bothered by it

Yes I don't want someone like that being a teacher

No not a issue if they are a good teacher

[DaveJord]

Well people will try to tell you that you can present yourself to the public anyway they want and you should not judge them. But honestly the choices you make through out life define what type of person you are... even if you did not start out that way and may have evolved.

But nobody can tell you that you don't have the right to make your own judgement on a person... its just a matter of how you act on it.

Tear drop Tats mean you have spent time in prison. That's literally what it means... and it also means that you thought it was a good idea on some point in your life to display it as point of pride or shame to the public.

That is not something I would want a child to feel is a good thing to take pride in... but that problem is you don't really know the intent behind displaying it without asking... then you have a teacher explaining their prison time to a child. I would not want my kid to see them as a role model then think going to prison is cool because their teacher was a in prison.

Now that said, if they had committed a serious crime, then they would not be allowed to teach. So this person is probably not a serious felon. But you have the right to judge them based upon how they chose to present themselves in public.

[ChrisMaster69]

If the quality of teaching and ability to provide support to pupils is spot on, does it really matter.

a friend has spider web tattoos, he is a special needs teacher and has worked all through lockdown and Covid with our much time off, he was vaccinated early, bought a fair bit of tech gear (supplied at mates rates) to help with any distance learning.

Oh and he’s ex 2 Parachute Regiment.

[ChrisMaster69]

As a sort of update to this.

A while back when was working out in Qatar, Al Udeid, there is a swimming pool just beside the Bra.

Anyhow, we noticed nearly all the girls (army, Air Force etc) had tattoos and some were very similar, we asked them about them, they were Gang Tattoos, something we had always associated with guys and not girls.
Gangs in the UK are not really the same as in the US and it’s a relatively new thing with American type copycat gangs appearing.

These girls had joined the military as a way out of their old lives and to ‘escape’ from gang culture.

This is another reason I don’t mind tattoos, especially if there is a reason a Gang Tattoo is there and that the person has turned their back on that life.

From talking to a couple of them, there was not really an option of not getting a gang tattoo.

[Apple1996]

Makes sense those girls just trying to make a better life for themselves. That's why a lot of people join the military.
And this guy with the tear drop is a speech teacher so basically special needs teacher just like your friend. I'm wondering if they specifically hire tatted up people for those type of teaching jobs

[ChrisMaster69]

He has a number of skills, the distance learning was purely due to UK lockdown.

Normally it’s class room based or he also helps out at a centre as well.

[Desconhecida]

Yes, it would bother me. Risking to sound unfair, the ugly truth is that even if tattoos have this cool image these days, they still remind us only inmates and gang members had them in the past. Unfortunately, in a professional environment this passes the wrong idea and unsettles parents who trust their kid's character to be built by teachers.
If you like tattoos, at least don't ink your damn face.

[LimboOfTheDink]

People shouldn't trust their kids character to be built by teachers. They need to do that themself. It's their kid. It's their job. Teachers just teach.

[Desconhecida]

Even if it's the family's job to raise a child, we can't deny that the school is the second place kids spend most of their life. Years going to a place every day, half of the day not only learning but socializing and having their personalities built on their experiences. I think a teacher acts as a third parent or they should do since they not only are there to teach a subject but also to advise, reprimand and witness the kid's journey. Many parents have no idea of what their kid is going through so they have the teachers to rely on.

[LimboOfTheDink]

Huh, I never thought about that. I guess that's another great reason to homeschool.

[Daniela1982]

I'm not a fan of facial tattoos but if he is a good teacher I would not have a problem with it as good dedicated teachers are hard to come across these days.

[Daniela1982]

PS - extra points if you know who this teacher is.

[Wraith_Cemetery]

That's ridiculous. You can't judge a person based on tattoos as much as you'd want to due to its murky history.

Meanwhile, the teacher secretly in an inappropriate relationship with your teen boy is the sweet looking female teacher who everyone thought was the pinnacle of society. So many female teachers have been caught in underage relationships yet they were trusted.

Some of the worst folks have been the wonderful next door neighbor. And some of the nicest folks have been the ones all tattooed, riding motorcycles.

[Apple1996]

My son isn't a teen yet but I get what your saying. a lot of teachers are no good

[Wraith_Cemetery]

I was speaking generally, not about your son. A lot "amazing teachers" were absolute scum in sheep's clothing. Or wonderful teachers wrongfully accused because mothers didn't like how they looked.

[Fuentes]

I would i come from the life of poverty and i had to make a 100% change to how i respond, how i carry myself and very many things and as a grown man teaching kids you should not represent yourself as a rebel or old school gangster in anyway, he should have got the tatts lasered from his face. A neck tattoo is iffy but face tatts are a no. Society frowns upon that and you don't wanna teach kids its ok or they won't find good respectable jobs or be taken serious in a business world & most job market settings Unless your already rich & came from money.

[Apple1996]

Yes I agree its better for teacher to be professional

[NathanDavis]

the one teacher that we as a class, got fired from middle school for being creepy AF and borderline predator... was against tattoos, piercings and such...

but yeah, besides... that, there would be certain and very specific tattoos I would have a problem with

[Anonymous]

So if he got those in prison that doesn't bother you? So a guy covered in MS 13 or Aryan Brotherhood tats teaching at a school isn't an issue? I had a teacher who wore long sleeves every day. One day rhe AC broke and school and he had to roll up hia sleeves after revealing an Undertaker cross in his forearm. I never took him seriously again after that. Rhe respect just evaporated. Tattoos imho are for people who lack maturity or uave mental health issues. If you want a picture then frame it and put it on a wall. 🙄

[DCooper]

Yeah. The rule of thumb is that if you're going to work in a professional environment, you wear clothes that cover up any tats. People who can't even avoid getting ink in places you can't cover up don't belong in positions that require interaction with the public.

[FinalFantasyBro]

If the teacher were actually teaching my child and he/she isn't trying to not take advantage of my kid and the other students, I won't be bothered if my children teacher had a tear drop tattoo or any other tattoo.

But if my kids is getting issues from the teacher or if I find out the teacher aren't doing their actual job than yes it will be a problem in my book.

[Anonymous]

I don't like tattoos in general, so it bothers me that way. As far as being a teacher, it's like anywhere else. It's so common now and teachers seem to be getting younger and younger, that to me it's "expected" that there will be some. And the schools can't do a lot about it or it's discrimination. Other than ask them to cover what can be covered.

[notwoke]

its a sign they have no direction in life and value "looking groovy" over getting ahead in life and having financial security. they eliminated a good portion of potential life partners from their. I don't want a moron teaching my kids. This is why you can't send your kids to public school anymore. Ideally I don't want anyone who was raised by a single mom being a teacher

[letuswaltzforthedead]

Tattoos on the face and neck bother me but on anywhere else, I don't care. I think tattoos look cool. Tattoos anywhere wouldn't affect my opinion on whether or not they're a good teacher, the two things are unrelated.

[lovedejj_xo]

I work in a school people some people got offended by my rainbow be kind picture …. get over it. A lot of staff members are tatted up arm and leg wise and yes we can wear short sleeve it’s 2022 . We can also keep face piercings in ….🤷🏽‍♀️

[MrReliable12]

Amen to that! Let us tatted people be!

[EmbraceThePain]

Well, doesn’t that tattoo have some gang meanings?


The tattoos matter if they mean something negative, violent, gang-affiliated, etc.


Otherwise, it’s all good.

[tessarae29]

I wouldn’t mind tattoos on my child’s teacher as long as they are not offensive and also any on the face that resembles a tear drop.

[Gwenhwyfar]

The teardrop is a gang insignia so yeah that might bother me

[Likes2drive]

Yeah it might, that’s kind of strange for a teacher because the tear drop means he killed someone

[Apple1996]

There is multiple meanings for that tattoo

[Likes2drive]

I hope so

[Koalamate]

Being covered in tattoos is fine, except a tear drop means he attempted murder or a all black tear drop means he murdered.

[Not_Average]

Depends on what the tattoos are. Stereotypes exist for a reason, and if the stereotype didn’t apply to that individual, then I wouldn’t care.

[Jintendo18]

I don’t have kids, but my expectations for public educational institutions are so low as it is. So if that were the worst thing, then no, I wouldn’t be phased in the slightest.

[Kingofkings1992]

Tattoos in general aren’t an issue. A teacher having a teardrop under their eye is though. Any tattoos directly on the face are stupid in my opinion. To each their own, but there’s certain tattoos that certain jobs shouldn’t have.

[dolemite89]

you understand a tear drop usually signifies that they’ve killed people right? 😂

[Apple1996]

Yew I understand this

[msc545]

Depending on exactly what the tattoos were might or might not bother me. Some tattoos indicate gang membership which is of concern.