Should We Have Daylight Savings?

                                                 

Ugh, I am exhausted. Why am I feeling this tired?  Oh wait! I just

remembered that I only got nine hours of sleep instead of ten because

of daylight savings!

 

When we get that extra hour of sunlight, we can do more things outside.

Some stuff you can do outside is see your friends, have a barbecue, go on a

trampoline, swim in your pool, etc. That extra hour of sunlight can also make

a difference because more time outside is less likely to cause depression,

stress, and it improves your memory. 

This also helps with your health because sunshine gives your body

vitamin D which helps your bones and makes your mood better. You’d  live a

happier life if you were in a good mood and felt good physically. Daylight

savings also saves electricity in some parts of the world because you don’t

need to use lights in your house when it’s already sunny outside. Most of

the time, when people have lights on that use electricity, they use them

at night because they wouldn’t be able to see. With daylight savings, most

of us are already asleep or just relaxing when it gets dark. 

    There are also some things I dislike about daylight savings. Our sleep schedule is all over the place for the first few days of daylight savings. It can cause sleep deprivation or make it worse for the people who already have it. Daylight savings also has a bad impact on the environment. Why, you may ask? It’s because we would use more gas to drive since it’s still daytime and gas isn’t good for our environment. It could kill animals.

    Around daylight savings, there are also more car accidents. One thing I think causes car accidents is that when everyone drives in the morning to go to school or to go to work, it would be more dark than before. This would make it harder to see. Also, when the sun starts to rise when people are driving, that can make it even harder to see. 

Daylight savings has its ups and downs, but I’d say in my opinion that there are more positives to daylight savings than negatives. I hope you learned something from this! Comment down below if you think daylight savings is helpful or not. 

Carro, Mackenzie. “Should We Get Rid of Daylight Saving Time?” Scholastic Scope, Mar. 2020, scope.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/030120/should-we-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time.html.