In Brissie our school didn't have aircon - but then again most of the houses don't. If you're acclimatised to aircon all the time, then sending a kid to school without aircon is difficult for the kid.
Also depends on the design of the school, IYKWIM? My Brissie school (private) was built by convicts, and the architecture was wide verandahs so the sun didn't hit windows, and the breeze could flow through. But without that design it would have been unbearable - I find that buildings down here in Melbourne are hotter than in Brissie cause there's no verandahs, no eaves, no cross-breezes ...
So true Kazbah! People think Melbourne is cool pretty much all year... it is so NOT! Not enough deep verandahs... too many box like buildings...crazy. That's why i love old architecture... the coolest home i have lived in in melbourne was a 100yo terrace house in inner melbourne... thick stone walls to keep out the heat of summer... no a/c but walking inside onto the cool marble tiled foyer was such a relief on a hot day.
I will take on the age comment. I'm glad to hear that older teachers can be fun and enthusiastic. Has anyone found air-con to be a negative? I.e. child getting sick from being too cold?
DH gets sick from the a/c all the time at work. It's mainly because it dries out the mucous membranes in your resporatory system (inside your nose and throat) and this makes the area easier for germs to grow as mucous is a defence against them. Also if the body is subject to extreme changes in temperature it has to work harder to regulate itself... this also exhausts the bodies natural defences. it's always better to adjust the temp gradually... not step from a hot place into a cold room and visa versa... when you have a/c it makes the change too sudden. So yes, people in a/c spaces often do get sicker but you have to balance that with the potential for dehydration and illness associated with heat fatigue. tricky.
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