Do you think it's a shame to give up? How many times have you not really been strong, but just persevered out of fear of the shame of giving up.
At least to do something useful. Some performances or something, really not very useful.
Will the school force you guys to do something that isn't useful? Or for some far-fetched reasons, to "sharpen the will" or something.
Especially something that is not easy but ritualistic.
: Sometimes, like the homework we're doing now
if you become the minority who don't finish it, will you feel ashamed?

When you were in elementary and junior high school, in addition to your daily study, what were the activities (such as performances) like?
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For example, musical performances or sports events. Are they compulsive? Do you think they are useful enough for you that you can accept some of this compulsion?
Because they are not everyday learning, people may be more skeptical about their necessity.
Would your teachers urge you all to attend? Or were the teachers not very concerned about it?
I have a feeling that the unique meaning of these activities lies in a kind of simulation. As for the specific knowledge and abilities you can learn in them, in fact, they can be replaced by courses.
And the course will be a more efficient way than the activity.
It may not be easy to say in terms of cost. But the course doesn't have to be very good, and students can learn it on their own.
So, if it's compulsive or urged, then simulation will be the only thing I identify with it. By the way, sometimes the school wants to show it to the superior leader or the students' parents.
Only look at the part where the schools and the teachers truely want to be good for the students. Here, the schools and the teachers don't actually see some "necessity" as the standard for demanding students; they basically think that this thing is good, and they will force you to do it.

Let's talk about the original problem. They are also used to linking whether you actively participate in activities and whether you study hard in your usual time. They will feel that forcing you to participate in those activities will also help you in your daily studies, because it promotes your "spirit of obedience" and "spirit of hard work".
"If you don't work hard in activities, can you have a good attitude in your studies?" This is a rhetorical question they will say.
While this correlation may be what they believe, sometimes I feel that they don't believe in the idea of "forcing one to promote the other." They say that, and I think it's often based on the pressure that the school puts on them. In other words, even without taking into account the rhetorical question, the sentence is a rhetorical sentence. It deliberately blurs different concepts in order to push others.
This is sometimes the case. Other times, they really believe that "forcing you to participate in those activities will also help you in your daily studies, because it promotes your 'spirit of obedience' and 'spirit of hard work' ."