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I put my students in groups quite often.  I won't go into the educational reasons, but there are alot of good reasons for group work in school. 

Anyways, at young ages, girls and boys really hate sometimes to be put in mixed-gender groups.  Cootie scares and all, you know how it is. 

A little girl in my class was in a group with a little boy and neither of them were very happy about it.  I don't really mind.  I think everybody should learn to get along with everyone and work together as a team.  It's something we're working on. 

They were working with some different minerals, some of which had a strong odor to them.  The little girl kept making faces and holding her nose.  The boy didn't seem to mind or notice.

Finally, the little girl had had enough.  "I cannot stand this... this... smell anymore!" she exclaimed.

"What is it?" I asked, even though I had a good idea.

"I dunno." she said.  "But its pretty rough."

At this point, the boy, who had been clueless up to that point, decided to chime in.   "That's my man-stank!" he said proudly.

Upon closer examination of the situation, well, maybe it was...  He did know his stuff after all.