text: Third, requiring students to join an extracurricular activity can increase social activity among students. Clubs and sports are very social activities. If they're in a club, students are basically required to socialize with others. This for the most part is a very positive benefit, allowing students to talk to others who share similar interests with them. Students may even spend time outside the clubs with the people they've met. For example, my cousin Generic_Name's mom, forced Generic_Name to join a club. She said Generic_Name wasn't socializing enough and spent to much time time on his computer. Generic_Name asked around to find a club that was preferably easy. He eventually found the computer club which aligned with his interests, and his want to spite my aunt by "playing on computers" in his club. Despite that my aunt got her wish and Generic_Name became more social outside of school with his new club.