During the beginning of spring, most Americans hear the casual reminder that spring forward for Daylight Savings is just around the corner.
People dread this because they are now losing one hour of sleep. On March 10, everyone had to set their clocks forward an hour and sacrifice one hour of sleep.
Some may even forget and wake up late the following day, another downfall of this event.
“I have definitely been more tired than usual, and it has messed up my sleep schedule,” Peyton Sardinha said.
Many high school students are feeling drug down due to this change.
North Idaho experienced sunny and beautiful mornings, and now due to the time change, it is dark until around 7 p.m. The sun makes its first appearance of the day at 7:05 a.m.
This also occurs in the fall, known as falling back when an hour is gained.
On the contrary, the days become longer. This gives the effect of summer being right around the corner, which brings excitement into the air.
Most high school students here at Lakeland High School are waiting for summertime, usually counting down the days.
There are about sixty-six days left of school.
“The longer days have made it feel more like summer for sure,” Naomi Fritts said.
With spring break in about two weeks, the students are dying to get out for a week of peace and, more importantly, a week of rest.
Spring forward has ruined and altered everyone’s sleep schedules, and everyone is struggling with that.
However, this is a positive change in weather; everyone has spring fever flowing through the halls.
Some students are even so excited that they are starting to wear shorts. In North Idaho, spring means summer. Spring is mostly overlooked because it is the line between winter and summer.
It was initially for farmers, but according to the New York Times, it is more of a disruption instead.
According to CBS News, daylight savings time is used to help people become more active and save energy. If daylight saving were to stop, most people would not see the sun until hours after they started their day.
Arizona was exempted from the time change due to an energy crisis in 1973. They are also exempted because if they had an extra hour on top of it already being hot and sunny, the energy would skyrocket, causing issues for the state.
