People seem to enjoy stories from my childhood. I'm not sure if its because it took me a while to figure out meanings or ideas or if its that I have been a goofy guy since I was younger. Here's another young Bobby story for you:
Daylight savings time is when we turn our clocks ahead and have "longer days" with the sun rising later in the morning and setting later in the evening. I hadn't fully understood the meaning until I was in middle school When I was told to set my clock ahead an hour, I actually thought "the days are actually gonna get longer".
This concept used to excite me when I was younger. Why? Because that would mean in the winter, days would be "shorter" which would result in my not having to be in school for the full 8 hours. As a young lad, I thought that the government was actually helping children by setting an act which would make school days shorter and by having Americans set their clocks ahead an hour would make summer days longer resulting in a longer summer vacation.
So once spring came around, I would sit at my desk at school thinking "the days will be getting longer, but luckily we only have a few more weeks of school left". Unfortunately, this idea didn't stick with me into my high school and college years. And once I found the job, you realize that it doesn't matter how long the day is....you don't get a summer vacation. At least the concept worked in second grade.
That's it for me!
Bobby P.
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