Participation in activities offers or reinforces responsible social processes. Additionally, behind the school environment, activities provide an essential means for students to contribute to the immediate and broader welfare of the community to which they belong and from which they derive benefits. Educational experiences gained through activities programs are opportunities to learn, promote, and reinforce the elements that influence students to become productive citizens in a democratic society. Productive citizenship may be demonstrated through accepting responsibility, self-worth, sportsmanship, integrity, fairness, optimism, self-sacrifice—placing the welfare of others ahead of self-acceptance of others regardless of abilities or background, dignity, self-respect/discipline and thinking independently while having a commitment to group or collective goals which go beyond winning.