Back in my day, if a high school kid wanted a tattoo, you had to go to some dirty, scary hole-in-the-wall and say "yes" when asked if you were over 18 and then some shaky-handed speed freak would do that little rose on your ankle or whatever. That's why kids today are lucky. Tattooes are so acceptable you can even get them in your classroom. Yep, feel free to have that that old-school apple with the banner that says, "Hot for Teacher" inked right at your desk, as long as you have permission from your parents.
Okay, maybe it didn't go down exactly like that, but a high school student recently got tattooed during class and the school administrators are not happy. A cosmetology teacher invited a tattoo artist to speak to the students, and during the lecture one kid got permanent eyebrows tatted on. Of course, a classroom is not exactly a sterile, clean environment, so this isn't recommended. The school did not have advance knowledge of the tattoo plans, and my favorite quote is from the spokesperson: "It's not part of the curriculum for that class. That class is focused on hair and nails." Aw yeah. Teasing and spraying is okay, but not ink.
