text: Staying after school can help every student with making friends. Playing sports usually requires students to be on a team, and a team requires teamwork. To establish a good foundation for teamwork students need to know the members of their team, this will result in making friends. Making friends can help many students with many things. Students that suffer from depression can largely benefit from making friends as they will find people who will help their self-esteem and make them feel a lot better. Students that may have no real friends or people that they talk to on a daily basis can largely benefit from playing sports or being in a group that requires collaboration, such as yearbook or student council.