Extracurricular Activities from the Student's Point of View

Posted: Oct 24, 2010 |Comments: 0 | Views: 276 |

The benefits of extracurricular activities are obvious. Students acquire personal and professional skills and discover their talents. Moreover, students have a possibility to meet new people and find new friends.

However, these are generally recognized benefits of extracurricular activities. However, let us see the benefits of extracurricular activities from the student's point of view.

  1. The majority of students find extracurricular activities good for their skill building. Good skills are the guaranty of increasing of self-esteem and self-confidence. As a matter of fact, self-esteem affects many aspects of young people's lives. They feel more self-confident in their academic activities and personal life. Their communication with friends becomes easier and they learnt to achieve success.
  2. Many students see extracurricular activities very beneficial for their physical development. As a matter of fact, sports are very popular among young people, as it helps them to keep fit, healthy and attractive.
  3. Social benefit. Student who participated in organization of social events and summer camps assume that communication with other people helped them to overcome many psychological problems. They became more open with people, tolerant and patient. It is a great possibility for those who have problems with communication as participation in extracurricular activities presupposes close interaction with other people and make them more "worldly" and open-minded.
  4. Intellectual benefit. The majority of students admit that their participation in extracurricular activities helps them to improve their academic studies. Such activities as subject-specialized clubs develop their special skills and increase knowledge in a certain discipline. Thus, they become more successful in their studies.
  5. Emotional benefit. Many students join extracurricular activities in order to get positive emotions doing things that really like. As a matter of fact, extracurricular activities are a perfect stress-relief.
  6. Another important factor is that extracurricular activities are necessary for future college or job application.

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