text: Another meaningful reason for the students to be forced to enjoy extracurricular activities is because of their mental and physical health. World renown author of several New York Times awarded self-help books, doctor, and psychiatrist, Leonard Steigerwald explains, "Getting involved in clubs, sports, and other extracurricular activities can not only boost your physical health, but mental too." Steigerwald is stating the obvious, when students participate in sports, or even a poem writing club, they are staying physically, and mentally active. Being around other people can also help keep you mentally healthy. A recent news story even further investigates this topic, New York resident, Flynn Engstrom, was visiting a relative in Colorado when he got lost on a hike. He was missing for a month and six days and when the police found him, he was in a desperate state. He was so happy to see people that he began to cry uncontrollably. He remembered, "I was longing to see humans again. I barely had food, or clean water and in my weak mental state, I began to imagine things," he shuddered, "Horrible things that I had convinced myself were real. Seeing those officers, [I] felt my sanity pouring back into my mind." Although this story is quite an extreme example. If students are just sitting at home all day after school on their phones, their confidence and motivation to do anything will begin to dwindle.