Little Girl Removed From Class Because Of Her Hair Product Choice?

10870 posts Posted by Vulnadia on Jun 07, 2010 at 01:08 PM What would you have done in this instance if you were the teacher or even the parent? Looking at it from both perspectives,(I tend to get nauseated but popcorn fumes sometimes even, or catfood/dog food from a can much less someone wearing something that smells badly~not perfume-like but otherwise)what would you do? As a parent, nobody wants their kid to be the stinky kid in class (I have a 15yr old son that we battle the whole bad b/o bit daily) and if it were a health/beauty product that was smelling even remotely funny even to me, I would change products personally regardless of personal preference, afterall who wants to smell funny? But then again, what if you liked the smell and someone else couldn't stomache it? What would you do? It's almost that whole smoking inside vs outside the workplace issue only this isn't something that has potential to cause damage longterm to your insides, just nauseates and can lead to vomiting. I just don't know what I would do in this case if I were in the teacher's position. I mean, I barf over canned cat food, I can only imagine having to be in an enclosed area for a school day with something that made me repeatedly gag (& I have had instances back in school where such products did make me nauseated be it perfume or something else so I remember!) What's a parent or teacher to do? How can you teach if all your body wants you to do is gag/vomit? Conversely, the student has a right to choice in products...but as a parent if it was in any way causing/raising a "stink" I would be the first to try something new...think of the problems socially it would cause a child? We had an issue where my own child refused to wear anything but this one hoodie that just stank something AWFUL...he wore it even when it was warm out so of course it was stinky, then he would forget to wash it, leave it at school & thought nothing of wearing it the next day!!!! I had to confiscate it!!! We change deodorant on a regular basis and odor blocking body wash is our friend...we invest in every smelly good date-aged body spray/deodorant product that enters the market to try & avoid teen stench!!! But seriously, what would you do in this case? Certainly the child shouldnt suffer for it academically, but that teacher is also due the right to a clean teaching environment free of something that would/might impede her from doing her job (such as vomiting.) This is a tough call. What do you think? original 8-Year-Old Removed From Class for Using Olive Oil Hair Product by Vulnadia on Jun 08, 2010 at 03:26 PM um weird question, how do i PROVE that cat food makes me gag? other than the obvious open a can of catfood under my nose & watch me ralph all over you & everyone else in a few ft radius! seriously, how does one PROVE that something like that makes one sick to ones stomache? is there medically or scientifically a way? can you help gagging/vomiting catalysts? seriously, i know my record for holding it back is something like 12 hours...& then when i finally gave in & let it just do its thing, it was HORRIBLE & violent & made me pass out (i also have a phobia of vomiting & will do anything i can NOT to do it, but eventually nature takes over & it happens regardless) i have to admit, in my case, yes products exactly along these lines have made me nauseated personally back when i was in school or in close proximity with a lot of people who use them-it has a very distinct smell & its not my preference to be able to choose if my stomache finds it grounds for nausea or not this one is hard-because as a person prone to similar problems in some cases, i totally get where the teacher is coming from in the whole cant teach if youre focusing on not puking on your students issue...its a working condition issue really it is & she has certain rights there on the flipside, the student has a right to personal hygiene & the stuff that goes with it (every school system has rules in place giving teachers/administration the right to make calls & handle poor/bad hygiene issues too)but a student shouldnt be put in a lesser performing class over it, there are ways to handle situations better than that but seriously, the working environment issues become a work hazard, but burden of proof on what makes one person feel like they are going to vomit vs someone else sounds bizarre by Vulnadia on Jun 09, 2010 at 12:16 AM that's the thing, they dont mention anything about the other children or any OTHER preventative measures they may have tried/taken before moving the child- & it appears that the parents found out after the fact & some time from what the article says which I find odd, i mean, dont they have to notify the parents before doing such things in the first place ESPECIALLY when dealing with honors class placements? her grades werent mentioned or her progress there either-it just appears that there may be potentially soo much more to this story than what has made the news