Home94:
Good day my fellow nairaland
Am managing in a primary school were but there is this problem am facing
I have two of my pupils a girl and a boy who have this funny smell
The girl sit at the front but whenever am teaching I can perceive this smell from her sometimes I go close to ascertain if am not mistaking but I was not
Once started thinking if the smell is from under her skirt a very beautiful girl
I later discovered that she stays long in her mummy shop after school and got home very late before taking her second bath of the day
So I tried in telling her to always rinse her armpit with water whenever she teachers the shop
The second person is a boy very handsome and good-looking but she has this funny smell from his body one could perceive it if he enters in the class
It got worst if he sweat so much
Was kind of thinking if it's the family kind of smell or what
I always advise him to put on roll on and deodorant to school
Should I tell their parents now about their children hygiene or what
Planned of discussing it with one of the parents but don't know how they might feel about it
What should I do my fellow nairaland because I don't want those children to grow and suffer one kind depression of poor hygiene when they were small

Home94:
Good day my fellow nairaland
Am managing in a primary school were but there is this problem am facing
I have two of my pupils a girl and a boy who have this funny smell
The girl sit at the front but whenever am teaching I can perceive this smell from her sometimes I go close to ascertain if am not mistaking but I was not
Once started thinking if the smell is from under her skirt a very beautiful girl
I later discovered that she stays long in her mummy shop after school and got home very late before taking her second bath of the day
So I tried in telling her to always rinse her armpit with water whenever she teachers the shop
The second person is a boy very handsome and good-looking but she has this funny smell from his body one could perceive it if he enters in the class
It got worst if he sweat so much
Was kind of thinking if it's the family kind of smell or what
I always advise him to put on roll on and deodorant to school
Should I tell their parents now about their children hygiene or what
Planned of discussing it with one of the parents but don't know how they might feel about it
What should I do my fellow nairaland because I don't want those children to grow and suffer one kind depression of poor hygiene when they were small

BirtherOfKings:


Experienced such on my way to church last week, buy perfume oils for them and advise them to always use it when entering your class. Bring them close and advise them to always take a baths after school and wen going to bed

Home94:

I have two of my pupils a girl and a boy who have this funny smell
The girl sit at the front but whenever am teaching I can perceive this smell from her sometimes I go close to ascertain if am not mistaking but I was not
Once started thinking if the smell is from under her skirt .
A very beautiful girl
I later discovered that she stays long in her mummy shop after school and got home very late before taking her second bath of the day
So I tried telling her to always rinse her armpit with water whenever she reach their shop

The second person is a boy very handsome and good-looking but she has this funny smell from his body one could perceive it if he enters in the class
It got worst if he sweat so much
Was kind of thinking if it's the family kind of smell or what
Sometimes he doesn't smell much but that smell from his body must be there if you go close to him and this boy happened to be my favorite in the class.
Check so much to think or believe if it's normal body odour but can't actually ascertain the smell.dont know if it's actually from their family or a particular thing or what
I always advise him to put on roll on and deodorant to school
Should I tell their parents now about their children hygiene or what
Planned of discussing it with one of the parents but don't know how they might feel about it
What should I do my fellow nairaland because I don't want those children to grow and suffer one kind depression of poor hygiene when they were small
Have anybody here noticed such a thing before
Give me a suggestion and possibly way to go about it
Because I don't want their parents to see it as if they are not taking care of their children or or understand it deferenntly

Kobojunkie:
When dealing with children or teenagers always be very sensitive to their feelings as you could emotionally scar them for life by your approach. These kids are probably just as confused as you are about what you claim you perceive and not knowing what to do agonize about it more than you care to know. The bodies and hormones are doing to them that which they don't totally understand. The last thing they need is someone who is not willing to understand trying to make them feel even more awkward than they already do.

Home94:

That's why I always make them conformable whenever am around them
I love those kids and always feel fine when they are around me
But the thought of what they might pass through if these issues or problems are not sorthed give me bad sigma
That's why I want to try my best in correct it now.

Kobojunkie:
Do your best for them but don't try to handle them.

Assuming it is not in fact the case that you have an overly sensitive nose yourself, do some research of online or even ask doctors about what persons can do or use in such situations. Suggest ideas to the kids and ask them what they think...get their input in as friendly a manner as you possible can. Try to put yourself in their shoes - we were all once teenagers ourselves - so they do not feel you are trying to badger them in to dealing with the possible issue.

Limassol:
I must admit this is an awkward situation as i'm just teacher as you. However, i suspect there is something these kids are not telling you or probably they themselves don't know of, i mean it might be a case of an underlying health condition or something, as someone above suggested, be very mindful how you talk about these sensitive issue be it with the kids or their parents.

Home94:

Make clearer please

Limassol:
I must admit this is an awkward situation as i'm just teacher as you. However, i suspect there is something these kids are not telling you or probably they themselves don't know of, i mean it might be a case of an underlying health condition or something, as someone above suggested, be very mindful how you talk about these sensitive issue be it with the kids or their parents.

Home94:
Good day my fellow nairaland
Am managing in a primary school but there is this problem am facing
I have two of my pupils a girl and a boy who have this funny smell
The girl sit at the front but whenever am teaching I can perceive this smell from her sometimes I go close to ascertain if am not mistaking but I was not
Once started thinking if the smell is from under her skirt .
A very beautiful girl
I later discovered that she stays long in her mummy shop after school and got home very late before taking her second bath of the day
So I tried telling her to always rinse her armpit with water whenever she reach their shop
The second person is a boy very handsome and good-looking but she has this funny smell from his body one could perceive it if he enters in the class
It got worst if he sweat so much
Was kind of thinking if it's the family kind of smell or what
Sometimes he doesn't smell much but that smell from his body must be there if you go close to him and this boy happened to be my favorite in the class.
Check so much to think or believe if it's normal body odour but can't actually ascertain the smell.dont know if it's actually from their family or a particular thing or what
I always advise him to put on roll on and deodorant to school
Should I tell their parents now about their children hygiene or what
Planned of discussing it with one of the parents but don't know how they might feel about it
What should I do my fellow nairaland because I don't want those children to grow and suffer one kind depression of poor hygiene when they were small
Have anybody here noticed such a thing before
Give me a suggestion and possibly way to go about it
Because I don't want their parents to see it as if they are not taking care of their children or or understand it deferenntly

Home94:
Good day my fellow nairaland
Am managing in a primary school but there is this problem am facing
I have two of my pupils a girl and a boy who have this funny smell
The girl sit at the front but whenever am teaching I can perceive this smell from her sometimes I go close to ascertain if am not mistaking but I was not
Once started thinking if the smell is from under her skirt .
A very beautiful girl
I later discovered that she stays long in her mummy shop after school and got home very late before taking her second bath of the day
So I tried telling her to always rinse her armpit with water whenever she reach their shop
The second person is a boy very handsome and good-looking but she has this funny smell from his body one could perceive it if he enters in the class
It got worst if he sweat so much
Was kind of thinking if it's the family kind of smell or what
Sometimes he doesn't smell much but that smell from his body must be there if you go close to him and this boy happened to be my favorite in the class.
Check so much to think or believe if it's normal body odour but can't actually ascertain the smell.dont know if it's actually from their family or a particular thing or what
I always advise him to put on roll on and deodorant to school
Should I tell their parents now about their children hygiene or what
Planned of discussing it with one of the parents but don't know how they might feel about it
What should I do my fellow nairaland because I don't want those children to grow and suffer one kind depression of poor hygiene when they were small
Have anybody here noticed such a thing before
Give me a suggestion and possibly way to go about it
Because I don't want their parents to see it as if they are not taking care of their children or or understand it deferenntly

ok so u sayin yor 2 student smell like dog....correct?...Bro juss call them Bingo!!! (no ofeinse)

Home94:

Yes I thought of so because they use deodorant as per answers they gave me
The girl in question is probably lack of poor hygiene because her odour is normal body odour and from her undies too
But the boy who use deodorant and washed clean keep having this peculiar smell which is hard for me to distinguish between normal body odour or family odour
The smell is so peculiar that I started thinking there is something I need to know
The boy is my favorite in the class and I truly like him,like my own.but I don't want to feel I didn't do much in helping him now as his teacher

Limassol:
i understand you perfectly, and the fact you are making efforts to remedy the issue shows how much of a good soul you are, may heaven bless you! However, i think bringing his parent(preferably his mom) on board will be a good idea, what do you think?

CharisEleos:


I'm also a teacher though part time but I still have close contact with the pupils and it can be very disturbing being hit with some strange odour. So, nothing bad or wrong in what the op, is saying.

A child once walked up to my table to submit her homework. I was taken aback and asked if she brushed her mouth that morning.
I turned to the class teacher and told her what I observed and she said, it's normal. There's nothing she can do. I was like..what??

I now stood up and addressed the class Immediately. Telling then that, " any one of you that fails to brush before coming to school next time will receive some strokes of the cane". Come and see commotion in the air. haha.. they were all chorusing "Miss J, I brushed my teeth, I brush my teeth, I've brush my teeth" lol.. I just gave them a wide smile and walked away. At least message has been passed.

I know of some children that rush off to school without brushing. The day their dad remembered them. He stopped them at the gate of the compound that day and was using his finger to rub their teeth and if sees any stain, you'll stand aside. He flogged.. even up to the ones in secondary school that day and sent back to brush.

So let op speak up. That is why we are their teachers.to teach them the right thing.

Way forward is all we need.

Kobojunkie:
And what if the problem was that the student in question had halitosis and there was nothing she could do about it, there by your act, you have simply made the child more miserable about the situation and probably more insecure.

CharisEleos:

[b]It wasn't halitosis. This was a clear case of not brushing that morning.
[/b]My action did not in any way make her feel miserable. If anything, it made her make adjustments: including the others.

I take them as my own children and they understand that I wasn't dissing but correcting them.

Kobojunkie:
You may think so but It is never that clear. These are sensitive issues that ought to be dealt with in sensitive manner so you don't end up scaring a child for life or something.

CharisEleos:

Ok. I understand but some teenagers are stubborn that even when you try to teach them hygiene, they won't listen.

Well .. I still blame the parents.

Kobojunkie:
Is it possible that they want to pay attention but they can't though? Africans are too used to seeing things a certain way that anything that challenges their preconceptions, they quickly label as defective and continue with what they know.

A lot of the "stubborn" kids from my time were actually more students struggling with attention problems. I was one of them. I didn't know what it meant to focus until I finally went on mental illness treatment, this in my adult years. I was was myself depressed kid with an overactive mind so even sitting still, my mind could not focus on just one thing for a long period and you could not get me to actually do homework either. What I am saying all this to say is don't write them all off as problem children, instead let them learn these things when they are able to.

CharisEleos:
Shes not mentally challenged. Shes just stubborn.

What you're describing is autism and she doesn't exibit any signs of that.

Kobojunkie:
I didn't describe autism. What I instead described was ADHD

Mental illness is not easily diagnosed by those who don't know what to look for.

I recall I was able to not only diagnose myself but also observe some of my very own symptoms in some of my classmates too. I recently reached out to some and thankfully at least one of them confessed to receiving counseling and treatment at this time.

CharisEleos:

Oh.. k. I see.
Hope you no longer exibit the symptoms.

Kobojunkie:
Why? You know a better treatment for me than what I currently have going for it?

CharisEleos:

Huh?
But you can now read and understand. Even reply and comment to post. So, what do you still need treatment for?

Jesus is a better treatment I have for you. He'll heal you completely.