@socaldad2002 I couldn’t agree more. S would tell you his new normal is OK but it’s nowhere near as engaging as real classes in a real classroom. The material may be the same but the interaction and discussion just isn’t there. For S, those other details are what make the coursework come to life. Even in accounting classes, he has a professor who used to be a CEO and she would dive deep into the crossroads of managerial accounting and running a business. It just doesn’t happen online.
And the actual being in college vs taking classes online is night and day. It’s just the whole experience.