text: A third reason I do not agree that every student should have to participate in a after school extracurricular activity is because it can interfere with students and adults schedules. Generic_School, who has made extracurricular activities mandatory, explains that many of their students parents have complained that they want them to stop making extracurricular activities mandatory because they can't find the time to pick up their child. Generic_School is a great example of why we shouldn't make extracurricular activities mandatory. Many parents have to take time out of their jobs to pick up their child but mandatory after school activities will most likely have them confused and on the clock.