The advantages of daylight savings go beyond sunlight at seven PM.
How amazing it is to be jet-lagged while staying in the same place! Thanks to daylight savings, we can all experience this crucial part of traveling without stepping away from our dorm. On the first three EST mornings, I woke up at about 6 am, as if I had just come back to Beijing, giving me a feeling of home away from home. I was so moved by daylight savings that I cried out of joy every morning when I saw 5:40 am on my watch.
Daylight savings, the most genius design in the US, prepares us for success by training our minds. There are two 1 AMs on the last night of EDT. What if a person arrived at the airport at 1 AM, and found their plane had left an hour ago, but at a different 1 AM? This case must not have been unprecedented. Indeed, I think everybody should try to get a plane ticket on the first or last night of EDT at some point in their life. By learning to be careful with EDT and EST, one must excel in academics without easily forgetting to put a citation or a negative sign.
My opponents might argue that jetlag can be annoying and that missing a plane can be painful. Some may even say that these odds caused by daylight savings are more noteworthy than an hour’s daylight. These irrational people certainly understate the happiness of seeing the sunlight at 7 PM. Look! These high school students think it is still early when they see the sun; they are so happy that they forget to go to dinner before the dining hall closes at 7:15. They cherish the sunlight so much that they appreciate it with their friends; they watch the last ray disappear, and forget to check-in at 7:30.
In fact, the extra sunlight is so important that merely having daylight saving is not enough. I propose that the spring break should be called thanks-EDT-giving instead, and Thanksgiving should be called thanks-EST-giving; the former celebrates the coming daylight saving, and the latter celebrates the passing daylight saving. Both of them would remind us of the remarkable advantages mentioned above and express our sincere wish to sacrifice everything for the precious hour of sunlight.
Some may ask: “If sunlight is important, why don’t we cancel EST, and use EDT for the whole year?” The answer is obvious. Without experiencing sunsets at 4 PM, how can people cherish their EDT sunlight at 7? Sunshine lovers hope for EDT desperately over the winter. As we know, hope is crucial for one’s happiness—hence, having EST and DST alternating in a year definitely promotes mental health. Not to mention that the first two advantages mentioned in this passage would be lost otherwise.
Now you have learned to appreciate daylight saving, the best design this country has made.
