First Impressions from Lasting Impressions (tattoos and piercings essay)

First Impressions from Lasting Impressions

In this generation tattoos and piercings send out a message in a first impression. First impressions are very important in daily life such as looking for a job and meeting new people. Prejudging of a person who has tattoos and piercings has happen a lot in past years but is becoming more common.

Tattoos and piercings have been around for many years they are even found in the bible as a marking of the slaves. Today tattoos and piercings are a symbol of who a person is and what they love. For example I applied for a job at subway with a lip piercing and they told me you have the job as long as you take your lip ring out. In the south religion and morals of people have made it harder for a person to be looked at just as themselves not the tattoo or piercing.

When many people see a guy or women with one or more tattoos on their body they prejudge the person most of the time like they must be a form of stereotype. When meeting a new person they can have a open mind or a closed one. Most of the time tattoos have a big meaning to the person that has been marked with them. Tattoos can be a symbol or a death, birth, hobby and more. Pain from a tattoo or piercing can also be like a adrenalin for a person and they become addicted. A person is not their tattoos or their piercings it's a person who has a story just like anyone else.

In this generation tattoos and piercings send out a message of _____ (what? nonconformity?) in a first impression.

First impressions are very important in life's daily processes , such as looking for a job and meeting new people. The prejudging of people who have tattoos and piercings has happened a lot in past years, but these fashion statements are becoming more common. Now add one more sentence to tell what the main point of the essay is. Then, end the first paragraph.

When many people see a guy or women with one or more tattoos on their body, they often prejudge the person, most of the time thinking of the person in stereotypical ways.

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Tattoos and piercings have been around for many years they are even found in the bible as a marking of the slaves. Today tattoos and piercings are a symbol of who a person is and what they love. ( I feel the eg. is not in line with the preceeeding sentence. May be a detailed note that why lip piercing which was chosen by me for _____ has to be done away with because of prejudiced opinion of my prospective employer. ) For example I applied for a job at subway with a lip piercing and they told me you have the job as long as you take your lip ring out. In the south religion and morals of people have made it harder for a person to be looked at just as themselves not the tattoo or piercing.