Some people participate in extra‐curricular activities such as volunteering in charitable events or joining dance groups to gain more knowledge and experience. Others simply focus on their goals such as academic studies or work. Which do you think helps in improving a person’s knowledge and experience and why?

There has always been a popular opinion that participation in extra-curricular activities helps in the holistic development of an individual. However, some still stay focused only on the academic prospects or the work. I strongly believe that participating in extra-curricular activities help broaden a persons horizon and experience. First of all, extra-curricular acitivities help in overall development whether it being mentally, physically or socially. In other words, it helps us to connect to different people from different fields. Furthermore, helps us in providing the right company we need to be in. Additionally, lot of skills are learnt which theoretical knowledge does not provide, such skills being team spirit, co-operation. Furthermore, volunteering in charitable events helps us broaden our emotional and social aspect of personality, it develops are compassion and also feelings such as empathy. Secondly, nonscholastic activities help us discover our true passion rather that focusing on subjects we do not like. For instance, if a person like to help other people and empathise them. Furthermore, the person reaches the maximum potential to help the other, he can easily identify his passion. Some people find it dull but for the right person it is effortless. In contrast, the person focusing on studies will never find an opportunity to reach out to his maximum potential because of not working in desired field. To sum up everything that has been stated so far, it is better to take part in extra-curricular activites to discover our passion and excel in a certain field. .