Why are 5th grade boys so obsessed

[Tuckervill]

I remember with all three of my boys, that the stink just kind of sneaks up on you. You don't realize their pits are starting to stink until it just happens! One of mine was 9. Little kids don't usually get the B.O., so it's a surprise!

I'm sure all of them stunk up the classroom on occasion before I caught a whiff at home, and prescribed the remedy.

Karen

[DirtDiva]

The thing is, unless someone really reeks, I don't notice the smell in my own classroom. But it's so obvious if I go into someone else's room. I guess I've just become immune to my lot.

[Tri Girl]

The thing is, unless someone really reeks, I don't notice the smell in my own classroom. But it's so obvious if I go into someone else's room. I guess I've just become immune to my lot.

That's true, I think.
I think it's true of your own home, too. You don't notice the smell because you become immune to it since you spend so much time there.

Oh, and we had the "growth and development" talk today (aka: the puberty talk) with the nurses, so they got the deodorant talk today (along with a sample in their "special" bag). They were all talking about it at recess and I'm sure the books with all the good dirty pictures were circulating around the bus on the way home.

[Mr. Bloom]

As one of the few participants who has actually been a 5th grade boy...

a) Males tend to be more "visual" than females and more prone to comparison; it's OK for guys to be different Frankly, I think that we men are just as perplexed by some of the things that women tend toward...vive le différence
b) All early teens tend to have a distinct odor

[deeaimond]

Nice to see how many other teachers there are here on the forum, and that children all over the world smell. Now it's hitting the high of the hot season, its 35 degrees celsius out on some days, the kids come back to class dripping with sweat u can feel the blast of heat when u step into the room. 40 - 41 hot sweaty kids in one room is really unpleasant. My oldest kids are only 10. I can imagine what the teachers in higher grades are facing. sometimes these kids run past and I just wanna faint.

[DirtDiva]

By the time it's 35 degrees, who doesn't smell a bit? It's handy to have a bunch of eleven and twelve year olds to blame...

I am very glad to be in a new (opened in 2007) classroom block that has adequate climate control. It sure makes a difference when it's warm outside.

[deeaimond]

By the time it's 35 degrees, who doesn't smell a bit? It's handy to have a bunch of eleven and twelve year olds to blame...

I am very glad to be in a new (opened in 2007) classroom block that has adequate climate control. It sure makes a difference when it's warm outside.

Actually, here classrooms are build in very open blocks. They have windows running the length of the room, and six ceiling fans in each classroom. Because we don't have winter so the corridors are all open air. And my primary school also has like.. 6 floors of classrooms. So when the room is empty it smells really nice and fresh since theres always fresh air coming in from the windows. But u're right. Everyone probably smells abit... I can't imagine what it'd be like in a classroom built for the temperate climate...