Have you been having any problems lately ?   No , but the nurse at school says that I should have my blood pressure checked .   Do you have a history of high blood pressure ?   No , I have never been told that I have high blood pressure .   High blood pressure is called the silent killer because it hardly ever has symptoms .   How do you check for high blood pressure ?   We are going to use this cuff here , and it will give me a reading .   What do the numbers mean ?   They tell me how much your heart is working at rest and when pumping blood .   Good . That will help me know how I am doing . 