Things have probably changed since the seventies, I think schools run after school clubs now but apart from the sporty people in my day most of the kids went home as soon as school finished.
The days are different - in the UK school is a 9-3.30 thing so there aren't vast acres of time to fill before parents come home from work. Schools are smaller, there's not the critical mass for a lot of these things. There's also not the competitive infrastructure, no sectionals/regionals or nationals to work towards. People did do drama and in the 6th form (16-18) we did have occasional 'creative' assemblies organised by students. One of the stars went on to have a half decent career (Rupert Graves). But the school didn't push it and for most people there wasn't any incentive beyond the joy of it - extracurricular activities don't count for much in university applications in most subjects.
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Date: 2009-10-21 08:52 pm (UTC)The days are different - in the UK school is a 9-3.30 thing so there aren't vast acres of time to fill before parents come home from work. Schools are smaller, there's not the critical mass for a lot of these things. There's also not the competitive infrastructure, no sectionals/regionals or nationals to work towards. People did do drama and in the 6th form (16-18) we did have occasional 'creative' assemblies organised by students. One of the stars went on to have a half decent career (Rupert Graves). But the school didn't push it and for most people there wasn't any incentive beyond the joy of it - extracurricular activities don't count for much in university applications in most subjects.