Comments on: Why should students come to class?

By: Ben Wilkoff

Ben Wilkoff — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:08:39 +0000

By: smilealways3

smilealways3 — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:51:54 +0000

Well I obviously believe that we should learn the four standard subjects (math, science, language arts, and social studies) along with world language and students should learn how to play an instrument of their choice. I think that it’s important to learn these subjects because you need to know them to be successful in your job, and any language is essential to learn because if you travel to another country then you may one of the few people that speaks English.
Well I found the second question that you aksed difficult to answer at first, but then I thought back to my previous experiences when I have been on an online tutoring service and have found it very helpful because they use a whiteboard to teach you step by step how to solve math equations. Although I believe that a student would be able to get a decent education without having to leave their house, there are some things that students would not be able to learn. For instance, social interaction with the student’s peers and teachers play an important role in becoming successful in the future. If a student did not go to school then they would not gain the needed social skills needed because they would not meet nearly half of the people that they would meet at school. They would not be able to learn about this because physical and or emotional gestures such as tone of voice, attitude, physical gestures, and laughter would be difficult to transmit via the computer.

By: ksa08

ksa08 — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:31:44 +0000

I think that an activity that you have to do face-to-face is interact with others. When your online your talking to a robot. Also whenever you have a project your always going to have solo since there is no one to interact with. Another activity you have to do face-to-face is when you need an explanation in math or another subject, you might be a visual person and need the teacher to draw a picture for you to understand; if there is no one to interact with how are you going to get your explanation.

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Et eksempel til etterfølgelse « Mitt hJØRNe av web’en — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:51:56 +0000

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By: ashi

ashi — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:55:30 +0000

learn about computer

By: ashi

ashi — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:54:21 +0000

knowlege of computer

By: silverstarx10

silverstarx10 — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:05:35 +0000

Virtual schools are really awesome because it relieves students of a lot of stress. I think that no matter how great technology can be, some things in real life classrooms just cant be replaced by virtual ones. Some of these things include real life conversations and expressions. A lot people know that talking to someone in real life is a lot easier than talking to someone online. I think that talking to someone online is really hard because you cant hear their voice, you can’t tell if they’re being sarcastic or not, and the most important, you can see their face. Seeing someone’s face when you’re talking to them, makes it easier because then, you really feel like you know who you’re talking to. When you can barely tell something about someone, it’s really hard to talk to them. I think that these things are still like this, and they will remain like this for a while.

By: texasredneck18

texasredneck18 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:44:58 +0000

wow… i dont recognize anyone… anyway, i think people should have a choice to go to school. If youre gonna drop out of highschool anyway, whats the point of comming now???? But if youre sane like me..(haha) then you will go to school to become educated, get into a good college, get a good job and have a life that dosent have anything to do with standing by cars all day saying, “welcome to mcdonalds, can i take your order?” like Nebraska graduates.(inside joke)

By: just

just — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:40:06 +0000

I think this is a great idea because im no the person who wants to wake up at 7:00 am every morning and walk to school. This is a easyer way of schooling i think because we cant loose our assingments and projects. Also because we could just go online when ever we for schooling as long as we get in the amount of hours we need. But there is some down falls like what if some students dont have a computer at home or there computer crashes. Overall i’d love to just go on the computer for school because basicly thats all we do in school is on the computer typing a paper or working on a project. It’s a great idea!=)