text: One reason why I think students should participate in extracurricular activity is because they would learn to balance their time. With school work, family plains, and extracurricular activities in mind students are forced to balance them all. For example, when I was in elementary school I didn't have to worry about balancing my time because I didn't have much going on. Now that I'm in middle school with a lot on my plate, I have to make a schedule to balance things out. With extracurricular activities it would help students to practice balancing their time now, so that it would be easier as they get older.