Yesterday was the first day of our GRIT (Growing Resilience in Teens) camp. My seventh graders had to work as a team and orienteer the way from one checkpoint to another . No thanks to global warming, the weather was blistering hot.
After several hours, two of my students complained that they had headaches. Since I sometimes develop a migraine when I’m out too long in the hot sun, I let them lower their heads to get some respite.
Subsequently, my colleagues from the Sports and Wellness department came. They got my students to raise their heads so that more oxygenated blood would flow to their brains. And drink lots of water to hydrate themselves. It was only then that I realise that people developing headaches could be a result of them not hydrating themselves enough.
Which goes to show that I drink water but don’t understand its importance quite enough. What about you?
- Is tap water safe for consumption in your country?
- If so, do you drink directly from the water or let it flow through filters first?
- Are you lucky to live in places where you get free fresh water? in Take for instance Rome. They have delicious water spewing out from fountains all over the city called nasoni (big noses). These fountains are meant to maintain the right pressure in the aqueducts.
- Do you religiously drink 8 glasses of water every day?
- Sparkling or still water for you, Sir?