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With standard time, if children are participating in outdoor social activities (band, crew, etc.), those have to be moved to the morning, forcing them to wake u
by ironmagma 6y ago
With standard time, if children are participating in outdoor social activities (band, crew, etc.), those have to be moved to the morning, forcing them to wake up even earlier. Daylight saving allows them to do those after school.
- npsimons 6y agoI really like having sunlight after work, but as a teenager in high school, we had "zero hour" marching band practice before the sun rose, and over one hundred students had no problem making rehearsals. I think making the argument that everyone should be forced to cater to a special interest group is not the way to go, and I strongly believe that school start times should be adjusted, and work shifts should be flexible too. Too much regimenting with a one size fits all approach is the problem, not DST
- ironmagma 6y agoI too suffered through zero hour class in high school, and it was completely miserable and likely led to permanent sleep deprivation damage in my case. The fact that hundreds of people did something does not imply that it was harmless. This is nothing more than anecdote vs. anecdote, when we have real research that suggests later start times are better. https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.h... I agree flexibility is good, but it’s impossible to enforce by definition, and nothing is going to magically make it happen, whereas a law does make it happen.