text: As a whole, we should pick up trash on the streets for an hour. So that way, everyone can get credit of 1 hour, without having to worry about not having any done at all near the due date. As an individual, we should be able to choose what other things we could be volunteering for. We should play with disabled kids, work with the elderly, pick up trash anywhere, recycle, etc. Not only would some of us be happy to help, we would actually enjoy doing what we choose. All of us would choose something we are interested in. Which is why you choose 1 hour & we choose the remaining.How would you feel if everyday after eight hours of sitting at a table, righting down notes, listening to someone talk to you about something you may or may not like, getting up for five minutes just for it to happen again, and then when the bell rings instead of going home you go into another classroom to do an activity you dont like and didnt choose? Because that is what it would be like for students if they had mandatory extracurricular activities. Every student having to go to a after school has been a very debated issue for a long time. Mandatory extracurricular activities have their benefits, but their cons out weigh them. The principal of Generic_School middle school has decided that this is false, and that every person going to a after school is a great idea. I disagree with this, and here's why. Students should not have to attend extracurricular programs because of their freedom of choice, not all after schools are equal, and because of the funds needed for them.