text: Lastly, requiring them to take an extracurricular activity adds unnecessary stress on the students. For example, they have a ton of homework that they must complete. When you make them take an extracurricular activity, it takes away time for them to complete their schoolwork. In the end, we'd just be giving them a more jam-packed schedule. Next, we could be adding social stress on the students who don't want to take the extracurricular. Kids don't want to be put in an environment that makes them uncomfortable. I know what that feels like because I've been in many situations where I was in a social setting where the people made me very uncomfortable. Another example is, the teenagers will be getting less sleep. These students already don't get enough sleep as it is. Studies have shown that many teenagers don't get the preferred amount of sleep. When we force them to take an activity, we give them less time to do the things they need to do out of school. This will result in less time for sleep. That puts stress on them because when you lack sleep, it is hard to focus and makes it hard for them to pay attention in class. Therefore, we would be adding too much mental strain on the kids.