text: To summarize, I firmly believe that making extracurricular activities compulsory for students is not a good idea. Those activities are meant to be optional, and if every student were to do them schools would have to monopolize everybody's personal time by extending the school day, drain the little instructional time teachers have by shortening their classes, or elongate the entire school year. While at first it may seem like a terrific idea, various cracks start to reveal themselves at second glance. In the end, I don't think the idea would have worked.    When people ask for advice, typically 90% of them ask for multiple answers. Multiple answers is better than just one piece of advice. Because one piece of advice Is not enough to wrap your mind around it may be good advice but It just doesn't sink in. If you get multiple pieces of advice It sinks into your mind better because you have multiple things to think about instead of just one. Multiple pieces of advice is the best because It gives you more options, It gives you better options, and It just penetrates into your mind better.