[gboss]

I also prefer the time change system we have. I recognize there are obvious draw backs, but echoing a sibling comment about London. I’m confident if we stopped changing clocks annually, we’d resume the practice in a few years. It is just better to have more afternoon sun in the summer it makes being active with friends and family much easier. If we didn’t change to standard time in the winter, kids would be going to school in pitch black night in most of the country.

[jedberg]

> If we didn’t change to standard time in the winter, kids would be going to school in pitch black night in most of the country.

Or, crazy idea I know, but what if we just shifted the school start time by an hour instead??

[cmrdporcupine]

not a bad idea but every time this idea is floated people freak out because it would make them later for work, etc. etc. etc.

[jedberg]

The assumption would be that work starts an hour later at the same time school shifts.

[mungoman2]

Well if you accept collectively shift all times by an hour, you're effectively arguing for the system we have.