My students have some extra time at the end of their “term” at the school where I teach so I’ve been doing a “smells” segment in my lessons. I teach them how to say “It smells good” and “It smells bad”. Then we smell an assortment of aromas that I have captured inside plastic bottles. It is a blind test and they really like smelling things and freaking out based on what they smell.<\/p>\n
One thing I’ve noticed that is interesting is that when the first student smells a bottle that has yet to be smelled by the group, their reaction will largely determine the reaction of the group – even if it is unusual. For example, in one bottle I have some vanilla extract. Most students say “It smells good”, but occasionally a student will (for whatever reason) say “It smells bad”. Then the next student will smell the same bottle and usually say whatever the other student said. <\/p>\n
Maybe it is just kids trying to fit in, but to me it has a little bit of cultural context – the Japanese idea of being one with the group runs strong even at this age. It would be fun to change the bottles around and do it again in a different order and see if their opinions are the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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