Study rooms are common in many colleges and universities across the country, but this raises the question: if these study rooms should be incorporated into high schools? As exams approach, students find the need to start studying more and drop their outside activities to focus on their studies. 

As students start studying, the need for a place to focus becomes more critical. Many students don’t have a place to focus on their work outside of school. This results in them going to libraries or other classmates’ homes.

Libraries tend to get crowded during exam season, making it harder for students to find their place to study and sometimes classmates don’t have enough space to accommodate others in their homes.

WJPS senior Nicole Freyeisen, said, “I know many students find it hard to concentrate, especially in their homes or even studying at a friend’s house. If these study rooms were to be put into schools, I have high hopes that it would make a difference in students’ performance and their ability to gather enough information for exams.”

WJPS teacher Ms. Kontos said, “The addition of study rooms would be very beneficial to not only my students, but many across the country. The need to focus is very important when it comes to studying for a serious exam or even just for your classes in general. I do wish that in the near future, these places of study would become a reality for students nationwide.”

“study rooms” by Robert E. Kennedy Library at Cal Poly is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0.