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not suspend!!!! aren't we getting ridiculus now? LOL, this is the reason for the high drop out rate? not really mama!

What I hear is a deliberate attempt to assault the teacher. If the teacher had not told her students about her EXTREME allergy to perfumes, it would be different. It is not funny when you have to seek medical attention for allergic reactions. It is not funny as the anchors seemed to think this morning.

I didn't see the piece on-air. Was anyone warned that teech had allergies? Was the student warned about too much perfume? Or, did the weenie admins just decide to break bad on this child?

I bet the students on either side of her in class are packing AKs for their own version of Columbine and no one will do Jack about that until it's too late.

I'm sorry, gotta push the BS button again...

I think everyone's just a little thin-skinned and defensive these days. The teacher's "allergies" were likely over-blown, and the girl problably DID stink to high heaven.

I'm betting the truth in this story lies somewhere in the middle. Too bad FOX8 only presents one side of the story.

Oh well...what else is new.

Although good teachers are hard to find, perhaps since it is the teacher's problem, perhaps she needs to teach a lower grade level, where the wearing of perfume is generally not done. Surely this isn't the first person she has ever encountered that wears perfume in her presence. I think the teacher has a problem with one student and this was the only "legal" way she could make a point. Shallow minds and mindsets, don't see the bigger picture. Hi SARQ, long time no hear from. I blog a little less these days too.

Flatch, left click on the picture above. The picture (video) is hyperlinked to the Fox story. Your link to “Tuck in your shirt” is great!
This is a story of extremes. When I was this offending teenager’s age I was put in the hospital for a week in an oxygen tent in a ward of babies that had the croup! I narrowly missed a tracheotomy. My allergies got so bad my throat was swollen shut. I am basically allergic to “Earth”. Beam me up please. I did two shots a week from the Dr all through Jr and senior High School. It is certainly a weakness of mine. However, I can choose to live in an air conditioned bubble or venture out into the world. An alcoholic shouldn’t expect everyone anywhere he/she goes not to drink just because they have a problem.
Allergy sufferers can’t expect the world to stop for us either. People with other disabilities learn to cope. When the skin is breaking out, the head is pounding from sinus congestion so bad the teeth feel like they are falling out and the throat is swelling closed, it is a sure sign to find some air conditioning and some oxygen. I’m with the other bloggers, there has to be more to this story.

Hello Mayberryman! Don't forget the dining room table! LOL!

Shane, when you get to the point that you are talking about, an epinephrine shot is the only thing that will help you (your throat swelling shut). I hate to be the "ODD Person out", but I have had to deal with this since becoming a nurse. There are a lot of people who cannot "breathe" if someone is wearing a fragrance, especially a strong, "loud" one! But, suspension was too harsh of a punishment for this (unless she had been warned before). The principal should have "warned" the child, and took action after that if the warning was not heeded. Mommy and Daddy don't have to be in the "classroom" with "little girl" while she attempts to "smell like a woman"!!! And, they probably will not allow her to wear it at home!!! I don't like it when women wear "loud perfume" as it is, and I am a woman!!!

Thanks Seangelrainqueen.

Why does a 13 year old need to be covering herself in perfume anyway? The mother is talking about how she can't send her kid to school "stinking' ..... maybe she'd be better off teaching her daughter proper bathing techniques instead of buying her body spray. This is typical of the me mentality, where people think they can do whatever they want without regard for other people. I've had my meal ruined on several occasions when someone sits down in the next booth at a restaurant smelling like they took a bath in cheap cologne. There used to be etiquette when wearing perfume where someone could only smell it when they were close to you ..... now it's like a thick fog and lingers forever causing people to sneeze and giving them headaches (well it does me). Maybe the school was a little harsh in suspending this student but the mother had been previously contacted by the school about the child wearing perfume and the teacher's allergies.