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ChrisDee
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What is your take on this??? Teacher related
OK, So Jordan and her BFF come home from school yesterday and tell me that their teacher made an announcement in the class yesterday. It went something like this:
He said that there is a child in the class that "stinks" and he can not take it anymore. I told the kids that they NEED to shower everyday or at least every other day because it is disgusting to not do so. He said that he does not want to single out this child but if he continues to smell this child the nurse will be calling this child's parents.  He told the kids not to go home and tell their parents what he said or he will be getting a boatload of calls and emails about it
Jordan says that nobody in the class including the aide can smell what he smells.
Kosher or not????
ETA: this is 4th grade
My personal feeling on this it that if the smell was that offensive, he should have just went to the nurse and had her call home without involving any of the children. You know they are walking around school today trying to figure out who the smelly kid is now.
Message edited 4/7/2011 10:55:38 AM.
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headoverheels
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
NOT KOSHER.
If he was that concerned he should have said something to the school nurse and NOT made this announcement in front of the whole class.
Plus he sounds a bit off, if Jordan and her friend are saying that no one else smells this kid like he does.
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| Posted 4/7/11 9:53 AM |
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BethanyLynn
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Totally NOT! I would be pizzzed. Why cant he contact the "smelly" child's parents? Very strange...
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| Posted 4/7/11 9:54 AM |
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Let the emails/call start to the principal... not kosher.
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| Posted 4/7/11 9:58 AM |
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CathyB
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Not ok in my book.
Beyond the fact that this is an age where self esteem issues can start (or be solidified), I don't think it's appropriate for a teacher to tell students they can't share things said in class with their parents. Imagine if Jordan hadn't said anything to you, and was worried she was the kid who smelled? She'd be miserable and you'd be going crazy trying to figure out the problem.
I don't like going over the teacher's head for the most part, but in this case I would send the principal an email at the very least.
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| Posted 4/7/11 9:59 AM |
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jgl
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Not kosher by saying not to tell parents. Prob not kosher. by saying "one kid stinks" but this may be how your DC is paraphrasing it (possibly) idk.
As a teacher I have discussed this and have said that they need to shower daily and change their clothes (i have had students with same clothes 3-4 days or more in a row) i would just speak with the teacher.
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| Posted 4/7/11 10:00 AM |
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MrsSpring
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
def not. ok. i think he didnt want to single anyone out that would have been way worse but there def is a better way of going about it. 
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| Posted 4/7/11 10:07 AM |
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browneyedgirl
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
what grade is it?
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ChrisDee
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Posted by jgl
Not kosher by saying not to tell parents. Prob not kosher. by saying "one kid stinks" but this may be how your DC is paraphrasing it (possibly) idk.
As a teacher I have discussed this and have said that they need to shower daily and change their clothes (i have had students with same clothes 3-4 days or more in a row) i would just speak with the teacher.
I did question her and her BFF on the work "stinks". I said to them that I am SURE he did not use that word and they both said at the same time, Yeah, he said Stink. They said that the smell was making him sick. I do realize that they are kids though( they are 10), so who knows
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ChrisDee
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Posted by browneyedgirl
what grade is it?
4th
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| Posted 4/7/11 10:50 AM |
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ChrisDee
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Posted by CathyB
Not ok in my book.
Beyond the fact that this is an age where self esteem issues can start (or be solidified), I don't think it's appropriate for a teacher to tell students they can't share things said in class with their parents. Imagine if Jordan hadn't said anything to you, and was worried she was the kid who smelled? She'd be miserable and you'd be going crazy trying to figure out the problem.
I don't like going over the teacher's head for the most part, but in this case I would send the principal an email at the very least.
She made me promise her this morning that she does not smell
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| Posted 4/7/11 10:51 AM |
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Linda1003
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
I would bombard this guy with complaints and emails!
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| Posted 4/7/11 10:51 AM |
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Mkr09
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
I don't think it was appropriate. I do tknow that my sister taught 4th grade her 1st year teaching and part of the curriculum was personal hygiene. They had to explain to the kids that they needed to shower/bathe often and use of soap and deodorant. They didn't single anyone out, but it was part of what they taught.
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| Posted 4/7/11 11:23 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
4-5th is when they start to "stink" more as puberty starts to hit. I know it because my son told me his 5th grade friend smells now & that when he gets to 5th grade, he'll have his own "manstink"
I think the teacher went about it the wrong way. Saying "someone stinks" makes everyone wonder who it is & could resort to some teasing.
He should've called the nurse & let her know OR address it with the health teacher. What I don't like at all is that "don't tell your parents" thing.
I would speak to the teacher about the conversation you overheard & tell him that it's completely inappropriate & remind him that you NEVER encourage children to keep things from their parents that they're uncomfortable with or upset about.
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| Posted 4/7/11 11:26 AM |
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MichLiz213
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Posted by nrthshgrl
4-5th is when they start to "stink" more as puberty starts to hit. I know it because my son told me his 5th grade friend smells now & that when he gets to 5th grade, he'll have his own "manstink"
I think the teacher went about it the wrong way. Saying "someone stinks" makes everyone wonder who it is & could resort to some teasing.
He should've called the nurse & let her know OR address it with the health teacher. What I don't like at all is that "don't tell your parents" thing.
I would speak to the teacher about the conversation you overheard & tell him that it's completely inappropriate & remind him that you NEVER encourage children to keep things from their parents that they're uncomfortable with or upset about.
I agree with all of this.
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| Posted 4/7/11 11:27 AM |
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Erica
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
I agree that he worded it the wrong way, but even I remember my 6th grade teacher making the same "speech" and she didn't give a number or a name, but we all knew who she was talking about.
I agree with NSG - I would be more upset that he asked them to keep something from their parents. I would probably email to verify this with him and explain that is not the message you are instilling in your children - especially for a safety reason.
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| Posted 4/7/11 11:35 AM |
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computergirl
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Wrong on so many levels.
- If he knows who the offender is, why not have the nurse privately contact the parents? Why initiate the witch hunt among the students?
- A teacher of all people should NOT be giving children the idea that ANYTHING should be kept from their parents. Honestly I find this part more unacceptable than the actual conversation about the child who smells.
I went to a Catholic elementary school in the late 80's/early 90's, and there was a terrible, sadistic teacher there who clearly was stuck in the previous generation-- since corporal punishment was no longer allowed, she ruled the class via public humiliation and ridicule. All these years later, I still remember how hurtful and mortifying some of those incidents were. Teachers should know better.
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| Posted 4/7/11 11:40 AM |
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AnthonysWife
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
NOT Kosher!
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dpli
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
I'd be calling the principal even as the parent of the non-stinky kid. He handled this incorrectly on many levels. I tend to underreact, or give teachers the benefit of the doubt, but I would be complaining about this.
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familyoffive
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Posted by MichLiz213
Posted by nrthshgrl
4-5th is when they start to "stink" more as puberty starts to hit. I know it because my son told me his 5th grade friend smells now & that when he gets to 5th grade, he'll have his own "manstink"
I think the teacher went about it the wrong way. Saying "someone stinks" makes everyone wonder who it is & could resort to some teasing.
He should've called the nurse & let her know OR address it with the health teacher. What I don't like at all is that "don't tell your parents" thing.
I would speak to the teacher about the conversation you overheard & tell him that it's completely inappropriate & remind him that you NEVER encourage children to keep things from their parents that they're uncomfortable with or upset about.
I agree with all of this.
Me too!
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| Posted 4/7/11 1:29 PM |
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JRG71
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
- Not ok!
They teach Health in school for a reason. The teacher should have brought it up to the nurse and myabe a movie on hygeine is in order. So uncalled for, and I would be calling him.
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| Posted 4/7/11 1:34 PM |
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I think the delivery was AWFUL...I know the upper grade teachers at our school talk in general about starting to use deodorant and general hygiene for everyone once they do inevitably start to smell but I know it's done with 1000% more tact than this teacher...you can't present it that way...
In my K class one year, I did have a child who had an odor and wore the same clothing for days at a time...my co teacher and I went to the guidance counselor and had it dealt with privately and as tactfully as we possibly could..we would NEVER do that in front of the children...how damaging! I'm sorry he didn't realize that there was a better way to deal with this situation and I would mention it...first to him, then to the principal, etc. if you were not satisfied with the answer you got...
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| Posted 4/7/11 1:43 PM |
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ChrisDee
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
Posted by Mkr09
I don't think it was appropriate. I do tknow that my sister taught 4th grade her 1st year teaching and part of the curriculum was personal hygiene. They had to explain to the kids that they needed to shower/bathe often and use of soap and deodorant. They didn't single anyone out, but it was part of what they taught.
This was not a lesson, it was an OMG I feel sick from the smell conversation. After speaking to a few moms in the class, their kids came home with the same story and a few of those kids DID NOT tell the parents until the parents heard about it and question the kids.
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| Posted 4/7/11 2:05 PM |
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twicethefun
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
I would call the school. That was wrong. I am a teacher.
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| Posted 4/7/11 2:14 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: What is your take on this??? Teacher related
I would report him.
Maybe HE is the one that smells
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