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A middle school student in Florida was suspended for wearing perfume. The school says the student's teacher has allergies, which could put the teacher in danger.

So what do you think about this story? Are people considerate when it comes to allergies? Should schools be allowed to suspend students who wear perfume?'

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cook2712 read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 8:06 AM

Well bless that poor little ole teachers heart.....I bet that teacher will stay home on April 25th.

tagyurit read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 8:35 AM

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

homeschoolmom read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 8:50 AM

It seems to me that this mother and daughter made ever effort to abide by what the school asked her to do. Even to the point of buying a body spray instead of a perfume, and the mother applying it instead of the daughter.

WildBill1943
Mar 26, 2008 | 8:59 AM

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.

Dewbaby view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 9:00 AM

During all the years that this teacher has taught, you mean this one student is the FIRST to wear perfume around her? Come on now, sounds like she has personal issues with this one student?
NO MORE prayer in school....
Don't wear this and that....
No MORE perfume......

Quote from one of Pink Floyd's famous songs...
"HEY TEACHERS, leave those kids alone!"

At least she is making an attempt to be at school!

flatch read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 9:39 AM

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...

flatch read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 12:34 PM

Perhaps this will illustrate my point...Follow thee this link:

http://www.youtube.com/v/XDpm6X4GIuc

FarmTruk read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 3:10 PM

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.

seaangelrainqueen read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 3:32 PM

I believe that "suspension" was too much of a punishment (which there shouldn't have been a punishment unless the school had put in the student handbook that students were not allowed to wear "fragrances"). I am a nurse and have had to live with the fact that I must go to work "smelling clean from my shower", but not put on any perfume, cologne, or other fragrances. It is not only people who have allergies that are affected by these, but people with asthma and other breathing difficulties! True, suspension was a little harsh (to say the least) unless the student had been warned before not to wear it! You have to think of others, besides yourself, when going in public, whether it is offensive dress, or offensive odors!!!

mrmajestic read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 5:24 PM

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.

Fonzo
Mar 26, 2008 | 5:36 PM

This issue comes down to RESPECT.This teacher has an allergy and the children in her class should have respect for her.The student doesn't need to be suspended but maybe detention.This comes down to the parents,needing to teach respect.

ShaneKSmith read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 8:01 PM

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.

mayberryman
Mar 26, 2008 | 8:04 PM

I agree, Fonzo. But in today's public school environment, the STUDENT is ALWAYS right. And if they do have a problem, mommy and daddy will make sure the principal hears about it, he/she will put pressure on the teacher in question, and the student will go right on doing whatever it is they have been doing. I know this to be true--I've experienced it. No wonder homeschoolmom (hello, by the way) elects to teach her kids a home. And I guarantee the respect issue is taught in that classroom/living room, too.

homeschoolmom read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 8:56 PM

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

patcancook read my blog view my photos
Mar 27, 2008 | 12:44 PM

I agree it is mostly about respect on both sides. Perhaps the student could wait until after that particular class and apply her spray to wear the rest of the day. That way both parties would be safe & happy. Expelled, a little over the top I'd say. High dropout rate mom? No, kids drop out because parents have lost control of their kids & the kids tell the parents what they are doing. I am soooooooooo glad mine are grown, out of college and have successful lives.

seaangelrainqueen read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 12:15 AM

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!!!

Jocie08
Mar 28, 2008 | 10:25 AM

We should be allowed to breathe freely, whether free from smoke or perfume. I have asthma that is exacerbated by smoke, perfume,etc.

My wish is that people would just bathe and forget trying to mask body odor with perfumes!!. Why else would someone wear so much perfume. I have had to move tables in restaurants because somebody is doused in perfume.

I find it hard to believe that a suspension was given without warnings first. Disobedience is just that, no matter what the issue is. We seem to have forgotten the importance of following rules, even the ones we don't agree with.

Please let me breathe. I think that is one of my God given rights.

ShaneKSmith read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 6:38 AM

Thanks Seangelrainqueen.

Axekick read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 1:29 PM

Hell in a hand basket!

MsFozzy read my blog
Mar 30, 2008 | 3:41 PM

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.

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