text: If we have students participate in extracurricular activities they will get an idea of what it's like to work in that kind of job. An example if you're helping make the year book you get to learn how to use editing software. kids wouldn't get this opportunity if they never wanted to do it in the first place. But, if it's mandatory you wouldn't need to worry about this because the school would do you a favor. If your kid doesn't want to do it the activities eventually get better and more fun so it'll rope them into it.