text: Extracurricular activities are one of the best things about a school, because your able to choose something else to be focused on, but it can also help the school to and keep all the activities thriving. If extracurricular activities were mandatory, then more people would join and the activities would not end, because sometimes if there aren't enough people to join, that activity would sees to exist for the rest of the year or season. But, that problem would probably only effect sports. If more people worked on the yearbook, then the yearbook would finish quicker and it could be full with more cool and interesting things. Most of the sports teams would also fill up fast. If you had to join an extracurricular activity, you would probably find a new passion for something you were never interested in before. If their were more people on the student council then the school would get a lot more student influence. All of this would really strengthen the school.