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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a high school teacher (not in the DC timezone, before someone accuses me of DCUMing while at work), and it has gone too far at school.  Every student has a large water bottle.  At the beginning of every class I have one or more kids arriving and then asking if they can quickly leave to go fill up their water bottles at the water fountain, then pouting when told me because many teachers allow them to do it (we have a sink in the classroom of perfectly safe, clean, cool-but-not-cold-enough for them water).  Then there are the kids who are late because "I had to stop to fill up my bottle."  There are the regular requests for bathroom breaks when the student picks up their water bottle because are really going to fill it and when I tell them they can leave their
bottle at their desk if they are going to the bathroom they flounce and sit down because they didn't need to go to the bathroom: it was only to fill their bottle.  Finally, there are the MANY, MANY kids who absently guzzle their entire bottle of water within the first minutes of class, then have to go to the bathroom 20 minutes later: I really blame the screen addiction and limited attention spans for this one, because the absent-minded, glaze-eyed chugging seems to be a stim-type motion I never, ever saw ten years ago.

Again, I have a sink in my classroom and the water is from the same source as the water fountain water down the hall, but no, they MUST have "ice cold" water.

Don't get me started on the ones who theatrically rip open flavoring packets to mix in their water with their handheld rechargable "vortex stirrers."

I know I sound crabby and unreasonable, but if you could see a video of all of this over a day, you would understand.  Again, I really think a lot of this is related to decreasing ability to focus.

There was nothing wrong with getting a long drink between class periods, or even at the sink in my classroom (which I personally drink from all day).  [/quote]

I agree with everything you said. You should do what my youngest's daycare does- everyone either has to leave it in their backpack or has to put it in "water jail" at the front of the classroom. Which is just a basket where all water bottles are stored. They can grab theirs on the way out of your classroom before they go to the next. [/quote]

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