~from Opinion Journal~
“[tag]Eduardo “Eak the Geek” Arrocha[/tag], 45, is changing careers in midlife. Yesterday he started classes at [tag]Thomas M. Cooley law school[/tag] in Lansing, Mich. His previous occupation? Circus freak at Coney Island. As [tag]AM New York[/tag] reports:
He left the sideshow, but Eak is careful to point out this new foray into law isn’t a rejection of his fellow freaks. On the contrary, he’s doing it to help them.
“I know it sounds weird, but I want to be a freak lawyer,” he said. “I hope to have a little office in New York and work with the alternative people … all the so-called riff-raff, to give them legal representation that is not judgmental.”
Eak is six feet tall with a clean-shaven head and burly 220-pound frame, and says he’s been deflecting suspicious side glances and many times open looks of disdain since he began the process of having his body tattooed from head-to-toe.
Too often people took him for a shady weirdo, or a rounder with no prospects and few skills. They figured he worked the sideshow, because what other options are there when you’ve got stars and planets inked all over your face?
It sounds as though, by going into law, he will improve the prestige of both professions.”
[tags]starting a new career, freak show, attorney for freaks, law profession, law school [/tags]
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