text: Overall, extracurricular activities are a good thing for students. Whether its if your making friends, helping out your health, or even learning new experiences. Extracurricular activites are a big help to students. They should be encouraged to join and try them. I agree that students must participate in at least one extracurricular activity because they gain new experiences, it could help with their health, and they can make new friends.Through the school year students are required complete many learning based projects that are designed and instructed by teachers, but as the school year ends many teachers fear that students may lose the knowledge gained over the year during summer break. To prevent this from happening many schools require summer projects that reinforce knowledge learned during the school year. Many people argue if a teacher or student designed projects are more effective to help retain knowledge, but student designed projects are believed to be more effective. When a summer project is designed by a student it gives students a chance not only learn while completing the project, but to learn while making it, students receive a real world experience, and students experience a sense of freedom