text: Another reason that forcing students to participate in after school activities is awful is that it cuts into free time. Children actually have a life outside of school and play other sports on actual teams or hang out with friends and do other stuff. In result, students will lose that time to do that stuff and will be stuck at school doing something they don't want to do. While they're at school they could be with their family or with their sport teams. Most people have a great relationship with their family and being forced to stay after school which leads to less time at home and that means less time with family. A lot of kids like to play outside or play video games and theres not enough time for them to do what they want because they have to spend the whole night with homework because they get home so late.