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How Seasick Am I?
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Seasickness (sometimes called "mal-de-mer" from the French) was the curse of the seas. It was a terrible thing to find that you were prone to seasickness on the first week of a long voyage at sea. Sadly, Charles Darwin suffered extreme seasickness on the entire five-year journey. Unless you remembered to bring medicine with you from the future, you will be stuck with trying old time remedies. People relied upon: cayenne pepper, ground pumpkin seed and ginger -- maybe you can charm the cook into whipping up a batch of gingersnaps?
A good night's sleep can hele prevent seasickness, but if you do start feeling queasy, sailors suggest that you go up on deck and look out toward the horizon. How seasick is your character? We found out by rolling dice at our first class. While we are in a port, there is no seasickness and some kids completed the superchallenge which granted them immunity from seasickness for an entire month at sea. Here are the results:
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