Moment of Silence -- Central Oklahoma Mensa

Moment of Silence

Posted in Tidbits on January 22, 2002

Oklahoma’s Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin is advocating legislation requiring students to pause for a minute of silence [story archived] at the beginning of each school day. Good, bad, or in between?

Comments

Posted by goatgrrl at January 22, 2002 10:13 AM

It wouldn't be so bad if they'd write the law such that it allowed the schools to hold a moment of silence... but it shouldn't be required. Schools' requirements should have to do with teaching, learning, testing, etc -- not with character-building.

Posted by mathgrease at January 26, 2002 10:21 PM

60 seconds of SILENCE! hah! is that Enforceable? I had classes all the way from elementary through highschool where the teachers were lucky to just get the kids to not talk over the instructor for 30 seconds. How's this going to work, eh? 60 seconds of silence is usually reserved for that agony right before the whole scool breaks out laughing at some poor target who has just been caught dropping their tray or some such. I can see that it could in theory be a swell idea, but... Besides all that, how are we going to ensure that the more rural districts comply with it not becoming a time of schleping out their "down home (insert locally dominate Christian denomination) values" to parade in front of the more religiously diverse?