text: Without joining after school clubs, I would have never gotten the opportunities I did. When I joined a competitive dance team, I never thought I would get the chance to learn from professional dancers. As my mom drove along the road to my dance convention, I thought about who I would see, and what dances we would learn. When we got to the location, I hopped out of the car and went through the big, metal doors. I looked around and was absolutely shocked. I saw my dance idol, Generic_Name! Her classes were amazing and if I never joined the dance team, I would never have gotten the opportunity to learn from a professional. Though parents and students may be reluctant, it is overall better if minors do extra curricular activities. There are so many things that come out of doing sports, yearbook, or even if students just do the math club! Each one provides lots of benefits. Studies show students who do one or more activities outside from school do far better than those who don't. Speaking of school, doing clubs after school programs help you in school as well!