Francisco's Article: Improving Water Consumption In Schools

Education has so many flaws in this day and age, that sometimes its hardest to see its lifeblood that drives student’s to succeed everyday. The most simple tools can make such a huge impact on a students ability to learn and stay healthy, both physically and mentally. More specifically hydration, and having ready access to water bottles and drinking fountains throughout the day at school. Whether it be in kindergarden or all the way in college, water is an important and vital necessity that is too often overlooked in this day and age. Kumar Chandran, a public school administrator in the United States, in his write up, “Improving Water Consumption in Schools: Challenges, Promising Practices, and Next Steps”, advocates for low income students

Francisco takes a look at the current implemented areas of education reform and points out how it is unrelated to the more specific area of the basic need of water. It is proven that at 1% dehydration, just under 20% of a persons short term memory is lost. This proves just how beneficial water is to use, especially us needing to stay hydrated and drink everyday. But what about those around the world who don 't even have access to running water? This is a problem the world has faced for generations and still has not come to a solution. Kids miss school because of sickness due to unclean water, or even sick due to lack thereof. Water bottles are so simple yet have the ability to make an enormous impact across the entire planet. All of these things we can implement to make change, and all that needs to be done is implement these ways in an overall smart manner to maximize the overall

In the process of educating young minds, water plays such a a key role in not only the students but teachers. In order for teachers to teach they need to be hydrated, and vise versa students need to be hydrated to maintain maximum focus on the subject at hand to help them retain information. Its crazy how such a simple necessity with such a basic function can hold such a huge ability to affect society in such a positive way in so many different aspects. We as a society need to take a stand and come together to get rid of this problem on a national scale. Find a company with a passion for kids and hydration and take initiative to provide bottles for public schools and students to use. It doesn 't necessarily even need to be one company, multiple can take charge and in turn get their brand name out there at the same time of helping children flourish to the best of their abilities into the future generations not only inside the United States but around the world as well. Change can be made one step at a