For most of my life, the concept of daylight saving time has been an archaic concept. One which “modern thinkers” realize is a complete and utter waste of time. Jamaica did away with “spring forward, fall back”, as I remember it, because “children had to go to school in the dark”. I was young, but I remember that this decision came soon after a young high school aged young woman was... moreFor most of my life, the concept of daylight saving time has been an archaic concept. One which “modern thinkers” realize is a complete and utter waste of time. Jamaica did away with “spring forward, fall back”, as I remember it, because “children had to go to school in the dark”. I was young, but I remember that this decision came soon after a young high school aged young woman was raped and killed and thrown into a gully on her way to school one dark DST morning. I remember the outrage and the fear because I, myself, was near in age to this young woman and would soon be walking my way to school in the mornings. view page