7th grade math class.
And it was a lot harder than a '4', but I'm not going to admit to getting beaten up by a 13-year-old girl, when I could not hit back.
In other news, a boy (again, in 7th grade math class) asked me what my tattoos say and/or mean; this is not uncommon. They are in Serbian, and I typically make everyone guess what alphabet they are in after writing the words on the chalkboard. the exchange went something like this:
Kid: What your tattoos say?
Me: (Explanation)
Kid: I gots a tattoo too!
Me: That's cool, where, and of what?
Kid: On my chest, and it's my son's name.
Awesome. I want a homemade tattoo like that kid!
ReplyDeleteThe 12- and 13-year-olds with tattoos are not homemade. Their parents take them to shops and have them professionally done.
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"In the state of Wisconsin, permanent tattoos are reserved for persons 18 years of age or older, no exceptions and no parental consent. The person must be at least 18 on the day they receive their first professional tattoo."
This is a state law ( in both Illinois and Wisconsin) that is widely broken. Shops here in the area do tattoos on kids as young as 9 all the time.
You know in all my years as a psychiatrist I've only been attacked physically once and that was by a staff member. Your story is just amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe kid with his baby's name tattooed is just heartbreaking. What a world!
I used to be really conservative about tattoos and stuff but my years as a doctor have opened my mind about a lot of things. Even piercings I can deal with with a few notable exceptions.