Judge upholds moment of silence in Texas schools, despite Carrollton couple’s crusade

On a side note:

In a statement, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said, "60 seconds of quiet contemplation at the beginning of each day is not too much to ask." Certainly, one minute a day in school doesn't seem like much. When you take that and multiply it by the average number of school days each year, that's still only 180 minutes of school time dedicated to self-reflection. Now, if we take that number and multiply it by the number of years a student spends in public school (just first through twelfth), we now have 2,160 minutes of school time, or 36 hours, not being spent actually learning, but "reflecting" (I suppose if they reflected or prayed at home, that would be 36 hours of missed Wii time, a travesty by all accounts).

Taking into account that by 11th grade, as of April 2007, 31% of Texas students are still not passing all sections of the TAKS, or that our state SAT averages are perennially below national averages, 2,160 more minutes spent learning could be useful.

Or, those 31% of students could use their moment of silence to pray for better test scores. Whatever works.