> What none of them seem to have the brain cells to work out is that the
> number of hours of available daylight in any given day has bugger all to
> do with what a clock says..! They lie in bed for an extra hour, sleeping
> the daylight away, then complain that little Johnny has to walk home from
> school in the dark.
>
> Why don't people just get up an hour earlier and go to bed an hour
> earlier, start work/school etc. at 8 instead of 9 etc., problem solved.
>

If lessons don't start until 9am and then the child wants to leave at 2pm
instead of 3pm, I'm sure the local authority education police might have
something to say about it.

However, not really an issue in most of the schools in my area, because the
majority start at 8.20am and finish around 2.30pm. Teachers must love only
having to work half days.