Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson

[conuly]

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?

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Comments

[readerjane]

I hear you!

I'm not naturally nocturnal, but I do think it's crazy that schoolchildren (especially teenagers) need to start their days so early. Everyone learns better and functions better with enough sleep.

[acelightning73]

There are school districts in various parts of the US where they have re-structured the school day so teenagers aren't walking to school on the roads before the sun comes up. But I don't know any place where a child can go to school on a schedule that suits their metabolism. (I was so happy to have the choice of first, second, or night shift when I grew up and got a job.)