My Turn

A "My Turn," the Newsweek editorial segment, was included in a
literature class I recently completed.

In the essay, which appeared in the July 16, 2007 issue, Lois Desocio
writes about coming to terms with her son's tattoos.

Well, if writing, "I stay up at night and worry. My son will have no
choice but to join the circus. What else can he do when he's 40, his
bald head in the grips of inked-on spikes? Will there be naked women
etched on his back? How about a purple MOM flowing across his chest?"
can be considered coming to terms.

Seems as if mom's not as informed about her son's seeming obsession as
she could be or she'd know that his hypothetical 40-year-old bald head
will not have to settle for inked-on spikes, especially when implants
will, I'm assuming, still be an option for her son when he reaches his
40th.

Regardless of the degree of Mother Desocio's knowledge of bodyart, she
includes a positive note on her son's latest interest by stating, "And
there seems to be an upside to all this. Where I used to see a child
who was always a bit self-conscious, I now see a young man who is
infused with genuine self-assuredness because he has more tattoos than
anyone else he knows."

That's upbeat enough, however I wonder if his perceived self-
assuredness comes from the quantity of the tattoos he possesses or
simply from the feeling he gets simply knowing he has that ink.

See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19649899/site/newsweek/

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Curt

Curt <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:
> A "My Turn," the Newsweek editorial segment, was included in a
> literature class I recently completed.
>

A newsweek article was included in a literature class that you
took?

Why I am I so, so not surprised.




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Curt wrote:
> A "My Turn," the Newsweek editorial segment, was included in a
> literature class I recently completed.
>
> In the essay, which appeared in the July 16, 2007 issue, Lois Desocio
> writes about coming to terms with her son's tattoos.
>
> Well, if writing, "I stay up at night and worry. My son will have no
> choice but to join the circus. What else can he do when he's 40, his
> bald head in the grips of inked-on spikes? Will there be naked women
> etched on his back? How about a purple MOM flowing across his chest?"
> can be considered coming to terms.
>
> Seems as if mom's not as informed about her son's seeming obsession as
> she could be or she'd know that his hypothetical 40-year-old bald head
> will not have to settle for inked-on spikes, especially when implants
> will, I'm assuming, still be an option for her son when he reaches his
> 40th.
>
> Regardless of the degree of Mother Desocio's knowledge of bodyart, she
> includes a positive note on her son's latest interest by stating, "And
> there seems to be an upside to all this. Where I used to see a child
> who was always a bit self-conscious, I now see a young man who is
> infused with genuine self-assuredness because he has more tattoos than
> anyone else he knows."
>
> That's upbeat enough, however I wonder if his perceived self-
> assuredness comes from the quantity of the tattoos he possesses or
> simply from the feeling he gets simply knowing he has that ink.
>
> See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19649899/site/newsweek/
>
> --
> Curt
>
I left home at 18 and never returned. What a dysfunctional family.