<p>i’m a hs senior… i have to somewhat disagree with compmom, depending on what exactly s/he means… high school is a fantastic time to figure out what’s interesting to the individual, but at the same time, college applications ARE a big deal and admissions officers want to see long term devotion to a few activities… kind of hard to do if you’re going from activity to activity each year “finding out” what you’re really into. The lucky thing that happens is the student finds something s/he is passionate about early on and spends a lot of time on it. Otherwise, i think it’s good for kids to attach themselves to as few things as early as freshman year so long as they’re not going to absolutely hate life b/c of them. </p>
<p>i got lucky when i joined choir freshman year, b/c i ended up LOVING it and got to top levels at my school (and in region/state with this huge choral directors organization).
on the other hand, I joined speech & debate b/c my brother did it, and at first it was obviously not my type of thing. But i stuck to it since it wasn’t going to kill me, and towards the end of the second year of doing it, I ended up liking it after all.</p>