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[ed]

some times when I am near one of my students the smell is so bad I swear that student has just shit his or her pants!

do you get the same thing or is it only my students?

am I that scary perhaps?

[saw6436]

Check the clothing out. Especially if younger kids. They seem to wear the same clothes day in and day out. I taught a group of high school boys one summer and the funk they put out was amazing. Good group of kids though.
I asked my Korean wife about the hygine of students here and she confirmed that it is pretty normal for students to wear their uniforms/clothes for a week or more without washing.
I must also admit that EVERYTHING stank my first month or two here. Now everything stinks when I go back home in the states.
Just my opinions here. No real answer.

[Boogie]

it seems that Korean kids have this kind of problem- the same has happene to me so many times here at so many different places.

[Dan]

one of the mods PM me and PLEASE tell me that my post here didn't get deleted. i said NOTHING offensive, only that i didn't have that experience. wth is going on :/

[Zyzyfer]

Kids stink. -_-

[Ramen]

about 10% of my students smell.

[murmanjake]

I learned that you can smell a cavity from my kids. I was always wondering what that strange really sharp BO smell was coming from some of my smaller kids, and then I put two and two together. Some of them have really scary black holes throughout their teeth, too. Luckily they're only baby teeth.

My kids generally smell ok though. Until one lets loose a vile old man fart. Still don't know how their little bodies can put out such a noxious smell...

[SeoulNate]

[Squire]

Teaching a class right after they have PE sucks

To be fair though, it's not like adults here are very conscious of their smell. One thing I miss about home is women between the ages of 18-menopause always seem to smell nice. Here even the hottest women I work with just smell of nothing. Not fruity hair products, not perfume... nothing

[Warhammer820]

I would have thought that Koreans would have amazing hygiene.

[Draz]

[Warhammer820]

Considering the amount of time the appear to take care of their hair and how common surgery supposedly is.