15% Time in school

I recently read an article in Mr. Hyer's class and it inspired me. The article was about how companies like Google and 3M use 15% of a day or the week to work on their own projects. In the 15% time used Google created Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Earth. So imagine what a student could do in that time. You could use it to create something in shop, explore your artistic abilities, or even just write for the school paper. It also gives students a chance to standout while applying to colleges. It would give you that one up on other people applying to the same school. How many of them would be able to say that they created something in Virtual Reality while getting credit for it in high school? Not too many that I can think of. It also gives you a cushion in case you do not have enough volunteer work or something else. I see this as a great opportunity to explore in. Hopefully the school district thinks the same.