Doing everything online...What do you think?

Wartsandall
Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:20:13 +0000

I don’t think that it’s generally advisable to pursue an online education unless you’re in a unique situation. If one of the following applies to you though, then it may be beneficial/more ideal for you:

1) You’ve found that you’re not being challenged in school and would rather learn on your own/take online supplemental courses to obtain a faster/more self-directed education
2) You’re participating in a sport that consumes a significant amount of your time to the point in which you’re struggling to attend school hours/complete homework within certain time frames
3) Your family continuously moves for various reasons
4) You have an illness that prevents you from attending a brick and mortar school
5) You’re devoted to a particular hobby/activity that you’d like to further pursue on a more advanced/professional level

If none of those apply to you though, then I’d just recommend staying at your current high school. There are an array of social opportunities that are accessible to you that you’d likely miss/be deprived of if you were to opt to switch into an online school. That’s not to say that there aren’t opportunities for those who are “homeschooled,” they’re just more difficult to find (in my experience anyway).



Online high school courses aren’t even easier, so filled with busy work. Glad I never took any of those.



There is a significant amount of busy work involved, but I wouldn’t say that they’re difficult (though I suppose that depends on the school/program). It’s rather simplistic to do well grade-wise in an online course, but if you want to learn more than the basics/prepare yourself for the AP exam oriented around the class, it takes additional time to master the necessary skills and concepts. For all of the courses that I’ve taken online, I’ve found that I’ve needed to invest additional time towards gaining a greater comprehension of the material. If you have no desire to learn much in the course though, then you can easily do the bare minimum (which is essentially all that the course requires of you) and get by with a high grade.