For those who use their study hall for anything but homework, it may come as a surprise to find out that sleeping is not allowed. A school wide policy stating that students are not allowed to sleep during their study hall has recently come to some students’ attention. While many have thought that the policy was a recent addition, Mr. Slauter shed some light on the matter.

“That’s always been a policy. [When] a list of guidelines was generated for study hall that students were expected to follow, staying awake was a part of it,” said Slauter. “It’s been an expectation for study halls since any of the present administration has been employed. It’s one of those things you would assume is a given, like coming to class on time.”

While it certainly is a given for students to arrive on time to their study halls and complete their work, I personally see no harm whatsoever in a student sleeping if he has his work done. Of course, this isn’t always the case. There are two types of people found in a study hall: those who work and those who will not work. As someone who worked in their first hour study hall last year, I took the time to nap frequently and went through the day feeling even better than before. Students who will not work sleep to avoid working, and if you take that option away from them they will find any other way to not work. If someone refuses to work in their study hall, I would rather have them sleep than talk or disturb me. I was not alone in this sentiment.

“I guess I talked or slept during the study hall when I had my work done,” said Mallory Ciovacco ’14. “I’m a good student and have my homework done, so I don’t have homework to do. I mean, what else do you want me to do when I have an eighth hour study hall and get up at seven?”