You know every school has a smelly kid?
Well ours was called Helen and nicknamed, unkindly yet aptly Smelly Ellen. She really did smell an awful lot and was quite fat too, she was picked on all the time. Because of that she was very sulky and unkind too, lairy and snappy.

Anyway, we had a really naughty kid in our class (we were about 8/9 at this point) called Ian that our teacher couldn't handle and Smelly Ellen was in the other class of our year, the teachers swapped Ian and Helen over and before we got her in our class our teacher had a word with us all about being nice to her, commenting when she changed her clothes or had a bath etc.

She settled in fairly well, with punishments being really harsh if caught bullying her she was being left alone which meant she came out of herself a bit and had been actually smiling.

So, when it was coming up xmas time our teacher sent Helen out on a fake errand and told us that for Christmas we were going to have a 'pretend' raffle and we were all to bring in 50p for it, with that money the teacher bought a wash bag, flannel, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, hairbrush, deodorant and hair accessories. The raffle was pretend because Helen was going to win it, and it was all wrapped up like a christmas present.

Raffle day arrives, Helen wins, she was really pleased, and I mean REALLY pleased, school closes for xmas holidays.

After the holidays we were all curious to what Helen would look like clean and tidy, imagine our disappointment when she turns up just the same, skanky as ever :(

When we got into class our teacher delicatly asked Helen if she'd liked the raffle prize, Helen said yes thank you, it was lovely...she gave it to her mum as a christmas present!

Oh well, they tried, couldn't get away with that now though. Still see her around sometimes and yes, she still smells.
( diffy maybs, Wed 28 Mar 2007, 21:38, Reply)