text: One reason why students should not be forced to do an extracurricular activity is that their family might not have enough money to financially support one. That means that you are adding to the fact that there are already money struggles. Most extracurricular activities come with some sort of cost which means adding an extracurricular activity to the bill would likely cause stress. Unless the school is willing to pay for each persons activity, the principal should not be allowed to force it upon them to complete a sport or whatever they choose. If the principal is planning on requiring at least one activity to be done per student throughout the whole school year and not just one quarter or semester, that would add even more cost that the parents have to take out of their paycheck.