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If taken seriously, school is demanding. The classes students take require time, energy and effort. Many aspiring students also participate in athletics and extra curricular activities during the school year. On weekends, they want to have time to hang out with their friends and may have religious commitments. Eliminating study halls from school schedules will negatively effect the school system by undermining and overworking students, taking away valuable homework time, giving them absolutely no break in the day and may drop student's homework efforts by forcing them into classes they do not wish to participate in.

School was designed not only to educate academically, but also to educate in a sense of showing kids how to be a part of a community, a citizen of the United States, and member of the world. Students need to be able to make good choices for themselves on their own. When a student finally enters high school, they tend to become more active in their choices. They begin to choose their own classes, friends, athletics, activities and commitments, while acquiring a taste of adult hood. In this day and age, schools are always trying to improve upon their standards with new ideas. Eliminating study halls from school schedules is one improvement option schools are currently considering.
Eliminating study halls from school schedules would make kids learn more, earn additional credits, may make the school look more academically strong, and make sure students never waste time. However, these gains actually may be a loss.
If forced to take additional classes, students have now lost their freedom of choice in the matter. They cannot choose for themselves what they feel they need the most. With athletics, extra curricular activities, and other time commitments, students may not have time to complete their assignments without a study hall. The additional homework with less time to complete it in, will in most cases, place an unnecessary strain on students. Higher stress levels, less sleep, and less relaxation time can all lead to health problems.
There also may not be enough additional classes that interest a particular student or are on the same intelligence level as the student. Undermining a student's success by forcing them to take lower-level calsses is only g oing to annoy and frustrate them, while distracting them from their other higher-level classes. Not every student is an Ivy-League student either. If there are not enough lower-level classes

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