Dear Frank, You are right that one school has made such a change, and there was quite a bit of coverage in the Newspapers (several months ago?). The reasoning, as you say, was based on some studies of our natural body clocks, and 'explained' why teenagers seem to be congenitally lazy, with a tendency to lie in bed all morning, etc.
You could argue that by thus saving lots of energy, their effect on the DST argument is neutral. On the other hand, because they like to have sports, etc, in the evening, they would be direct beneficiaries of later lighter evenings! Regards, Doug On Apr 19, 2010, at 16:39, Frank Evans wrote: > Greetings, fellow dialists, > Our local comprehensive school, realising that teenagers are > congenitally unable to get up in the morning, has altered school hours > from 9 till 4 to the later time of 10 till 5. A small point in Frank > King's favour? > > Oh, by the way, I have been rebuked for spelling "dialist" as I do, > instead of "diallist". In my defence, "dialist" is the only spelling > offered in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary. We also have "royalist", > "federalist", "herbalist", "socialist", even "evangelist" and many > more. > Of course, "dialling" is correct UK usage (I don't know what Noah > Webster has to say). > Frank 55N 1W > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
