Is a Study Hall or Lunch Necessary?

I am going to be a Sophomore next year that is taking AP Physics 2 next year (my school switches AP Physics 1 and 2 every other year, but for some reason, they are pretty much the same from the curriculum I see on their website), Honors Chemistry, Honors English (regular English is full of idiots), German II, Honors Precalc, and AP Gov ( 2 half credit courses, such as Strength and Conditioning and Guitar I which alternates every other day).

With all that, do you think a study hall or lunch is necessary? I never really do anything in those periods but dose off and get bored. I have a study hall every other day judging from the schedule I will possibly have, but should I have a whole period?

Thanks!

Fill the study hall with a real class. Is this a private school thing? Have lunch though (at my kids school this is a half hour LOL, not a period). If you have not fulfilled all your fluff reqs for graduation, try and fit them in soph (arts, pe, health etc) if you can’t do them in summer/online etc. Your study hall should be an elective so you could make it academic.

Lunch is absolutely necessary.

If you eat at all, it’s before school. For my kids, that’s no later than 7 am. They don’t return home until close to 3 pm. Your body needs fuel during that time.

And your mind needs a break too. You’re not a machine, you’re a 16 year old kid. In a day full of Honors and AP classes (or even for those kids taking the lower level courses) your psyche needs attention too. You need a little time each day to shut down the academics and just be a teenager… not to mention a chance for a bathroom break.

Definitely take a lunch period. If you can, I would suggest a study hall. That is a lot of work, especially for a sophomore. No matter how smart you are, you still need a break.

Do what I did this year: grab lunch and eat in class.

Some schools do not allow that.

MIne doesn’t.

And you NEED those 25 or 30 minutes of a break from academics. Aside from the nutritional parts of needing a lunch period, your mind needs a break.