How on earth should I be handling this???????? Problems at school.
By coolcatzz
@coolcatzz (1587)
Canada
November 25, 2008 3:55pm CST
My daughter is in grade 6. She sits beside a girl that smells.
She has spoke to her teacher about it and the teacher says ok I'll talk to
her. Now the boy on the other side has complained and still the teacher does nothing.
Now up here in Canada you can get spoken to at work if you smell or if someone wears
too much cologne or perfume. This actually happened to my niece she wears a really
expensive perfume and I guess it was bothering some people. I know myself that if I
go out and there is someone wearing strong perfume/cologne I get a headache. Seriously I do. This happened to me not too long ago. I mean some people put so much
on. But getting back to my daughters situation I asked her if it is body odor but she
says she doesn't know except that this girl smells. My daughter will sit at her desk doing her work and she will have her hand kind of over her nose (not obvious to hurt the girl or anything) but she can't stand it. She has talked to her teacher twice about it. So what should I do??? I don't think it's fair that she has to go to school and be expected to be in this uncomfortable situation. Please all opinions and suggestions are more then welcomed.
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@zshornick (113)
• United States
25 Nov 08
I'm not too sure about Canada, but where I grew up in the states, parents had a strong leeway in the school. If I were you, I'd go over the teacher to the Principal or Dean and sternly ask that they deal with it.
If you go the the student's parents, you could cause a worse situation. Let the school deal with it, but call the school and meet with the Principal.
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@zshornick (113)
• United States
25 Nov 08
Or speak to the teacher and request that your child be moved to a different desk in the room.
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@albert2412 (1782)
• United States
25 Nov 08
I would suggest that you send a bar of soap with your daughter to school and have your daughter put the bar of soap on the other girl's desk. Maybe she will get the message and use the soap.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
26 Nov 08
If the teacher won't talk to her, call the principal. If she smells strong enough that people sitting next to her can smell it, that is a distraction. Maybe her family doesn't use deodorant.
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