text: They use it to release their feelings and not to keep things bottled up on the inside. If you take their activities away from them, then you'll see many un happy and angry students wandering the halls and skipping classes. Students need their own "escape". Something that can keep their minds off of things. Something that will keep them away from drugs, gangs and violence. I know that students that will not be able to maintain that "B" average will resort to activities like these.