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Case: Boy, don't you ever shower? It is obvious from the first day of class that one of the students has bad body odor. By the end of the third week, you start to realize that the student as Steve. The other students in the class are going to greater and greater lengths to avoid sitting next to him. They mime choking when he sits in the seat in front of them. Any reference to odor or smell in the classroom is met with snickering. Finally, one day after Steve comes in late and sits next to a student in the front row, he turns to Steve and says, "Boy, don't you ever shower?" The class breaks up in hysterics. When should I have intervened? How?, What should I say to student? What should I say to others? Should I confront the class with Steve present? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) As difficult as the conversation may be, I would speak to his parents. I would start off by telling them some good things that are going on in school for Steve. Then I would tell them that he may be coming home upset today, and explain what happend in class. I would then ask the parents if they need any help and give them websites or phone numbers for charities that can help to buy things like deoderant or soap with out being too pushy or forward. I would explain that I do not want to see Steve get tormented through out his years of puberty. |
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