text: My final reason for disagreeing with the principle's decision is that the extracurricular activity could cause them stress. It could also cause them to do poorly in regular school activities. To demonstrate how an extracurricular activity can cause stress, I will circle back to my example involving Robotics. In Robotics, there is a competition element. The competition element requires students to "battle"/compete against other robots. Therefore the robot has to be built to be in its best shape possible. Students also receive minimal guidance on building robots from the experienced adults around them, due to the fact the that the robot's design must be came up with only the student's mind. This could cause inexperienced robot builders to stress over how to build a robot outside of the Robotics Club (like during school). And due to them focusing on primarily Robotics and not school, they could end up losing focus on school and start lacking academically. This is caused by the student driving all of their effort into Robotics instead of their classes. This example may seem far-fetched, but it must be true in some cases.