Hopefully Dept of Education gets mothballed. Move to a 3Rs education system 9-noon AM group, 1-4 PM group. Knock out two sets of kids per day, have a generally smarter populace. Put the kids in the fields when theyre not in school, that cabbage aint picking itself
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 1:40 PM Dan P via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > And after watching most of our kids struggle getting up, I honestly wish > schools were a decent amount later, like 10AM start? I bet most kids will > do a ton better, sadly any crazy changes like this never seem possible in > a usable amount of time. all my kids will be grown before anything major > changes. > > > > But Yeah, it sure would be nice to get the damn clocks FIXed with no more > twice a year changes. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Monday, December 30, 2024 10:29 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] daylight saving time > > > > Explain something to me about the debate over daylight saving time. > > > > Why can’t schools, businesses, etc. simply change their hours if they want > more daylight before or after school and work? Do people want everything > to run on the same mandated hours so that parents work times and kids’ > daycare school are in sync? > > > > I have in the past worked for companies that went on “summer hours” to > maximize the daylight hours for other activities after work. Basically, > double DST. Perhaps the surprising thing about it was I don’t think the > company gained anything, they did it because employees liked it. > > > > Also, several of the companies I worked for had “flex hours”. Typically > this gave employees 1 or 2 hours flexibility on their start time as long as > they put in their 8 hours and everyone was in the office for some core > period like 10-4. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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