Why do we all switch our clocks forward and back? I understand that the hours of daylight changes between summer and winter. I remember as a child watching news pieces showing children getting on the bus in the dark, so they showed that by setting the clocks back one hour, the kids could get on the bus in the light. Why switch the clocks to accomplish this?
Have you ever seen those videos on Sesame Street, or other children’s shows where the characters cannot see the obvious? There used to be these bugs in Ernie’s window that just couldn’t see the obvious until they exhausted all other options in futility. Generally this meant that something got destroyed or ruined before it dawned on them what the correct thing to do was. Old comedy routines in movies and television (before profanity and shock became the norm) used to rely upon this time honored human fault as well. Sometimes we do things the hard way. Switching the clocks is the hard way. Want to know an easier way?
How about just starting school one hour later? How about doing the same for government agencies? If we could convince a few large employers to adjust their schedules as well, most everyone else would follow suit. While switching to this form of adjustment has its own challenges, it would be easier in the technical aspect. No clocks to change. No new code to write for computer programs. No trying to figure out what time it is where (other than the time zone differences that already exist). Isn’t it time we switch to an easier way to adjust time? I would rather adjust my schedule than adjust my clock.
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