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> That kids will have to travel to school in the dark for the majority of the year, including in most cases standing around in the freezing cold at unlit bus st
by bachmeier 5y ago
> That kids will have to travel to school in the dark for the majority of the year, including in most cases standing around in the freezing cold at unlit bus stops?
If we cared at all about the children, schools wouldn't start so early. Let's make this change and then mandate a later start time for all schools that get federal funding. That's what we'd do if we cared about the children.
- D13Fd 5y agoBut the reality is that school is also daycare, and parents have to be involved in dropoff or even in riding the bus in many cases.
- bachmeier 5y agoPrecisely. "It's about the kids" is never genuine. It's always about everyone other than the kids.
- D13Fd 5y ago"It's about the kids" is really "it's about the hassle for adults of dealing with kids' schedules when they are 1 hour earlier." But there is nothing wrong with that in my view.
- af16090 5y agoI've seen people suggesting this and it doesn't make sense. So we're going to switch to DST permanently which means we all permanently get up an hour earlier and change schools so they all start (presumably) an hour later? You're effectively doing the same thing as if we just stayed on standard time only with the added inconvenience for parents who now have to figure out what to do with their kids if they have jobs that start early.
- bachmeier 5y agoI'm saying it's never about the kids. Most schools start too early, and nobody really cares. You're talking about inconvenience for parents, and yes, that's what's driving these decisions.