I’m not certain that sport and drama provide bad extracurricular time. Physical activity is a good to be healthy and also to be mentally productive. Drama provides stage time which might be useful for social abilities like giving speeches.
Yes, these are good points, and the framing of my post wasn’t quite right—I didn’t mean “these activities aren’t good uses of time, but students plausibly wouldn’t be willing to shift toward more socially valuable ones” but rather “regardless of what the social value of these activities is, students plausibly wouldn’t be willing to shift them.”
Yes, these are good points, and the framing of my post wasn’t quite right—I didn’t mean “these activities aren’t good uses of time, but students plausibly wouldn’t be willing to shift toward more socially valuable ones” but rather “regardless of what the social value of these activities is, students plausibly wouldn’t be willing to shift them.”
Thanks for the other comments.