Opinon: Down With DST!

 

Daylight Savings Time started during World War I as war effort to reduce coal consumption. Most countries that started it during WWI stopped doing it immediately after, while some countries began doing during WWII. We here in the US never stopped, even though the reasoning behind it no longer made sense. So here we are, stuck changing moving our clocks one hour forward every spring, also known as "spring forward." Many different people argue about whether it's better to keep our current system of changing clocks, to make DST permanent or to make Standard Time permanent. But one group of people is pretty much in agreement: doctors! It has been proven in many studies that DST is bad for our health. It might be nice to have more sunlight in evening, especially if you're an early riser. But the risk of heart attack stroke and traffic accidents much outweigh any benefit. We writers of the Arts Connections Blog are in agreement. Daylight Savings Time sucks!