they're called extracurriculars and play a big part in university application process

Our school actually has a fishing club

My school actually had a fishing club!

Because it gives us a way to connect and talk about things we like

Why no thanks? It’s not like you’re forced to participate. If you live in an area where some activity is common there is usually a club in school. I live in a popular golfing town so we had golf clubs ( no pun intended) but I hate golf so I didn’t join. Those who wanted to-did. A great activity for them. No thanks??

Then don't join.

When I was in High School back in the 80's I was in the Marksmanship Club. After school we could go out onto the field and shoot targets with a .22 rifle. Yes, back then you could actually go to school with a gun and not freak everyone out. There was also an Archery Club as well.

No idea, but they can help people socialize and feel better about themselves. Some of them are just cash grabs though.

Yep. Math club, chess club, Amnesty international, and dozens of creepy religious cults. In the schools.

My school has a tea club

To be fair, I don't understand fishing club either. But yes we have one

bible club for me yall

Depends on the school what clubs you have. My school had Chess, Computer, Poetry, Sports Clubs, and Academic Clubs.

I wish my school had clubs. You could play on the football team or.....the football team. 😅

There are a lot of kids with various interests and they like to hang out together and do things! Ski club, swim club, theater. It’s a great way to hang with your friends or find people who share common interests.

But clubs are so fun! We formed an Ultimate Frisbee club and played after school on nice days.

Skiing club is awesome

i like it some clubs are really fun

Where I live, schools don't really organize this sort of stuff. There are clubs or afterschool activities, but those tend to be organized by "Children and youth centers" or through the local adult sports teams. Sometimes, private schools organize it for their students, but private schools are f*cking weird and don't really teach their students anything. And nobody really cares about it.

They are called extra curriculars and they are a way of soaking the parents ( who can afford it) for more money instead of the it coming out of the school budget. If your parent cannot afford to pay the extra money for these "extra curriculars" which are important for university application processes ( often more important than actual academic marks) your child could be screwed. This also happens in Canada. When I was a volunteer rugby coach for a high school girls , we were supposed to have a squad of 35 players (school board rules), my sister and I coached together and had a squad of 75. All the other volunteer coaches at the other high schools did the same, we all agreed to turn no one down, we cut no one, and every girl on the very large squad played at least a quarter in every game until we got to the playoffs. It was quite the juggling act. Many of the girls who came to rugby came because they heard "no one gets cut from rugby"! :) It was how we grew the sport.

Schools in most countries have clubs for after-school activities. As for fishing back in the 1980s, in England, you could even take an examination in Angling (fishing)

My father went to HS in southern California, where surfing was literally part of the PE curriculum, and his HS had a surfing club--probably still do.

i would like a fishing club

Those clubs were the best part of high school for me. Especially drama club and the school plays.

Yes, Americans like to have their kids continually busy.

I was in the Drama club. You don't have things like that? How sad.

Show how little this person has engaged with her school, I was in a number of clubs in my school in Kent UK

Most were started by students when I was in school. You just had to get a teacher to advise/sign off. It was a way for people with like interests to meet using campus rooms.

Hey, in Japanese schools, you are required to join an after-school club or team.

In our town it's the surfing club. Love it.

Oh yea we have a GOLF club lmao

Some friends started a fishing club when they were seniors. Not sure if they ever fished.

My daughter went to a high school with a fishing club. That didn't bother me. They discouraged women from joining. That bothered me.

I went to school in England and did loads of sports clubs- it was great! Exercise, friendship, team work, we got to travel (even went on a sports tour to Barbados!!) around the U.K. for competitions and it looked great on university applications. I'm a medically retired teacher and all schools I've worked in have had loads of sports and other extra curricular clubs to join at lunch and after school. I assumed this was basic in most countries?!

Extracurriculars to list later to college. Activities (and photo memories) to fill your time if you weren't good at sports. All of these would become fond memories in the Class Yearbook

my school is poor af so we don't have those :)

In our school we have DnD club and anime club.

golf club. I wish I was kidding.

*sigh* Ahhh, one day I will join that LGBTQIAP+ infinity group...