Pros and Cons of Online School

With everything up in the air about schools next year, an online school might be a great option! Now it all depends on who you are and your situation, but it's definitely something to look into. If you are doing research on this topic or you just stumbled upon this blog, I hope this is helpful! In this blog post, you'll learn 4 pros and 3 cons of online school! Enjoy!

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PROS...

Work at your own pace-

This pro is SUPER good and, for me, outweighs most of the cons! With online school, you can wake up on your own time and chose when you do school and what time you want to take different classes. Now schools like K12 and Connections Academy do a thing called Live Lessons or Class Connects, so you do need to be logged in to school during those, but other than that, you get a lot of freedom in your schoolwork!

More free time-

Online school (depending on your school, pace, classes, etc.) only takes about 4-5 hours a day, whereas public school takes 8 hours and that's not even including bus rides and homework. Online school gives you the freedom to do extracurricular activities or just chill in front of the TV- YOU DO YOU!

No bus or cafeteria-

For some, this is a con, but I bet for most it's a pro. For one, the bus... if you think about sitting in a loud, yellow bus crowded with screaming kids, it's not very fun. And the cafeteria is a large room with a hundred or so kids eating (probably spitting germs everywhere and throwing food too). With online school, you're at your house. No bus ride, and yay, you get to eat at home!

No homework-

At school, you have to do about an hour of homework... after an 8 hour day!! That is way too much school. With online school, all of your work is kinda homework (but not really). What I mean is you're at home ,but it's not just doing a worksheet by yourself in your room.

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CONS

Not as many social opportunities-

For parents, I think this is the main concern with online school. I know you won't be able to see people every day, all day, but there are still ways to have friends and hang out with people. Some online schools offer clubs, you can enroll in extracurricular activities, volunteer, and if you're old enough, get a job, etc.

Less connection to teachers-

Now, this is a big one for education. This doesn't mean you don't have a teacher. You actually get assigned certain teachers, you even get a homeroom teacher at some online schools. But like you can in a classroom you can't just raise and ask a question, you have to email your teacher.

Need self-motivation-

This is a con for most people. That is why it's on the cons side, BUT it can double as a pro because online school can actually teach motivation. You are held more responsible. The con side is you really need to have/develop self-motivation, because in online school, you have the option of logging onto school each day, so you really need to have self-motivation to stay on track. If you don't, online school probably isn't for you.

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Next year is definitely going to be a new experience for all of us. I think online school is definitely worth looking into. There are a bunch of other pros too! Whether you're a student researching online school to convince your parents to go or you're a parent looking into doing online school for your child, I hope this blog post helped! See you in my next blog post! Bye and don't forget to wear your mask!