Can even the most fervent (note correct spelling) of Islamophobes defend this?

[sp1814]

Was this teacher within her rights to spray chemical air fresheners at Asian kids who "smelled of curry"?

http://www.guardian.c...d-air-freshener-asian

Should she have been banned from teaching, or perhaps just supplied with scented candles for her classroom?

[sandyRoe]

She should have been ordered to live entirely on vindaloo curries for a year or so.

[jake-the-peg]

Cant wait to see how the Mail reports this one

Page 46 between the racing results and ads for mobile phone services probably

[askyourgran]

Of course she should be banned those small children really have no choice. I bet they hated being in her class. I used to have a young Asian man on my staff, he reeked of curry first thing in the morning, must have had it on his cornflakes. But there was nothing I could do except offer the mints around the office.

[Answerprancer]

Apparently we smell of sick (stale dairy products) to curry eating Asians.

Call me weird but I quite like the smell of home cooked oriental food on people.

[Answerprancer]

...and my opinion, yes she most definitely SHOULD have been banned from teaching if all that was reported is true.

[Answerprancer]

I can't wait to see His Gitship's view on this :-)

[ummmm]

Yes...she should have been banned. For ever imo...

Trigger...you didn't mention it to me...scared of losing :-) xx (again)

[Kerosene]

Taking out her prejudices on innocent little kids is despicable in the extreme.

[Snafu03]

Its a complete outrage and disgraceful behaviour on the part of the teacher - she should really know better. Has she no idea of the damaging effect of CFCs on the environment?

[sp1814]

Answerprancer,

I've heard exactly the same thing (the smell of diary products) a few years ago - but when I heard it (apparently) it was Japanese people who thought it.

Weird!

[Booldawg]

I've heard the same as well SP. It makes sense as dairy products do make up alot of our diet, as opposed to asians who dont eat alot of dairy products.

Cheese on toast is the worst. I have to scrub my face after eating it, otherwise I can smell dairy products for quite a while after!

[tiggerblue10]

So this teacher has never had a curry before!

There has been many a time when I have been sat on a bus and sat next to someone who reeks of garlic but I love garlic myself so I can hardly complain. The smells on the bus I object to is urine and sweat which I have also experienced on more than one occasion.

[R1Geezer]

has she also sprayed other students for smelling of other things?

[sp1814]

R1Geezer

The two articles I've so far seen suggest that she specifically targeted Asian kids between three and six, although that doesn't mean she never sprayed non-Asians.

[anotheoldgit]

jake-the-peg

/// Cant wait to see how the Mail reports this one ///

http://tinyurl.com/6jkum5z

Alot more intensive than the Guardian it would seem.

In answer to Answerprancer's rather rude comment, I also think her behaviour was intolerable, and in the circumstances she is not fit to teach children.

If the smell was coming from their clothing or their bodies or even on their breaths, perhaps a quiet word with their parents regarding personal hygiene might have been a much more appropriate action to take.

But then in this day and age, what kind of response would one expect to receive from the parents?

Difficult one this, perhaps those who are about to come down on my head, have a more fitting solution to the problem of an individual pupil bringing smells into the classroom?

[R1Geezer]

those French kids smell of garlic you know!