Who was the knucklehead who came up with throwing the clock back and forward throughout the year? Okay so not only does it completely throw off the milking schedule of cows, but children don't fare well for a week surrounding the change. Sunday morning, I was loving it. This morning, NOT so much. Every teacher, man, woman and student I encountered today was completely OUT of sorts.
Okay well it turns out, that Daylight Saving (no S) Time was first implemented between 1914 and 1920 to make better use of exactly that - daylight. Many people love it as it allows them brighter evenings and longer sunny days. Equally as many despise it, for screwing up their sleep patterns and upsetting the laying habits of hens. Go figure. Who knew chickens could tell time?!
All I know is that as an employee in an elementary school, the effect that is seen in children and adults alike is undeniable. It is a brutal adjustment to make. Long faces on exhausted mothers; teary children whom normally are content; angry outbursts from those who already suffer from attention deficit or behavioral difficulties. I know at my house around dinner time, there were lots of yawns. My four year old fell asleep at 7, which was supper hour a day ago. Guess what that means? She will awake just as I nestle into my lovely warm bed.
On a positive note, milder temps and longer sunny days mean a brown swirling gutter of melted snow speckled with trash. Within two weeks, we will see April, and soon the grass will brightenand lift, along with the hopes and spirits of all us weary souls lost in the doldrums of a long winter.
Okay well it turns out, that Daylight Saving (no S) Time was first implemented between 1914 and 1920 to make better use of exactly that - daylight. Many people love it as it allows them brighter evenings and longer sunny days. Equally as many despise it, for screwing up their sleep patterns and upsetting the laying habits of hens. Go figure. Who knew chickens could tell time?!
All I know is that as an employee in an elementary school, the effect that is seen in children and adults alike is undeniable. It is a brutal adjustment to make. Long faces on exhausted mothers; teary children whom normally are content; angry outbursts from those who already suffer from attention deficit or behavioral difficulties. I know at my house around dinner time, there were lots of yawns. My four year old fell asleep at 7, which was supper hour a day ago. Guess what that means? She will awake just as I nestle into my lovely warm bed.
On a positive note, milder temps and longer sunny days mean a brown swirling gutter of melted snow speckled with trash. Within two weeks, we will see April, and soon the grass will brightenand lift, along with the hopes and spirits of all us weary souls lost in the doldrums of a long winter.