Question 1
What are some reasons stated in the article why some people choose to have body art like tattoos or piercings done on parts of their body?
Answer: Some people want to be different from the others. They are trying to escape the run-of-the-mill, which means to be fashionable. It is said that some young people wants to be the centre of the attention.
Question 2
(a) What are some impressions you would form of a person whose body is covered with tattoo?
(b) Would you consider getting a tattoo in future? Why?
Answer: (a) In the past, I would think that such people are gangsters because of their tattoo. After I read this article, I realized that it is a fashion to have tattoos. I would also consider them as daring people as they are not scared of the pain.
(b) I would not want to have a tattoo. It will cost me a lot of money. Having tattoo is pain. The range of cost of tattoo is $70 to $1000. When I grow up and find a job, the boss employer may have a bad impression of me, thinking that I am a gangster. It would affect my future.