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Is shifting your schedule by an hour and leaving work at 4PM not a valid solution?

• soperj 5y ago
  Most people have very little control over their schedule.
  • topkai22 5y ago
    This- Even if your work allows you to set your own schedule, there many other aspects of society that don't. Schools and daycares, in particular, can dictate the schedule of parents. If you can't start off to work because the bus/dropoff isn't till 830a it doesn't matter when your office lets you come in. Even if there aren't external factors and there is theoretically flexibility around working hours cultural norms can make it difficult. My workgroup/division seems to have a strong norm about not scheduling meetings before 930a, but scheduling from 4-5p is normal.
    • pishpash 5y ago
      If legislature can change the fricking clock they can decree working hours are shifted as a one-off.
      • WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
        Clocks don't fund elections.
  • summm 5y ago
    How about putting the energy of fighting for DST into fighting for a better schedule instead?
    • soperj 5y ago
      One likely has a chance at actually happening. No way are teachers changing their schedule for other people.
      • WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
        > No way are teachers changing their schedule for other people. Not even for the endless studies that show benefits from matching school start times to what's best for kids. ref: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=study+school+start+times+sleep https://duckduckgo.com/?q=study+school+start+times+sleep
        • soperj 5y ago
          I doubt they have the option really. It's a catch 22. Schools start early so people can go to work.
          • WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
            It's reasonable argument against late elementary start times but not later high school start times. High school students are shown to have the greatest need of later sleep times while being the least in need of constant adult supervision. Yet, they are forced up earliest.
            • soperj 5y ago
              Agreed!
          • WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
            It turns out that schools can indeed move start times. All it takes is a bus driver shortage - and lots of hand-wringing. https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/11/01/pasco-frets-over-plan-to-change-school-start-times-not-an-easy-decision/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/11/01/pasco-fre...