Argumentative Essay: Online School Worse Than In-Person

What is online learning? Online learning is learning through the internet so students don’t have to go to school in person. The question is, is online learning better than in person learning? No, although there are some good things about online learning, there are many problems with it. One problem with online learning is that children can get easily distracted from the lesson that they are learning. Another problem with online learning is that it is easier for kids to cheat so they don’t truly learn the subject. The last problem with online learning is the lack of being able to interact with others.

First, children can get easily distracted from their lesson while learning online. While a student is learning online their faces are hidden behind a screen so most students are able to do whatever they want without the teacher being able to do anything about it. According to Pennsylvania State University roughly ninety percent of students who did school online got distracted and did not participate in class as much as they would in person. A student is easily able to lie about their camera not working, with their camera off they could go on their phones, watch television, and do anything that they cannot do while at school. With a student able to do these things they get distracted from learning they do other things instead of listening to their teachers. This affects many children who would rather be doing other things instead of concentrating on their classes. Children can easily get distracted while learning online so they don’t learn as much as they would in school. This is one problem with remote learning.

Another problem with online learning is that it is easier for students to cheat so they don’t truly learn the subject. During tests it is really easy for students to cheat, they can search things up without the teacher knowing. Some students lie about their cameras not working and the teachers can’t do anything about this because they don’t know if the student is lying or not. Students don’t learn when they cheat on tests. When students cheat on tests they basically learned nothing from their teachers and were just sitting listening to someone speak for no reason at all. Students that cheat don’t truly learn the important subjects that are necessary for their future. Students must learn all of the subjects that are taught to them even if they think those subjects have no importance they still need to learn these subjects, and students can’t learn if they cheat. So when students learn online it is very easy for them to cheat and they don’t learn.

The last problem with online learning is that students aren’t able to interact with their friends and other students so they get lonely sitting alone behind a screen. Learning online can get lonely. Students are sitting behind a screen all day with nothing to do but listen to their teachers talk. So instead of talking with their friends, students end up going on their phones instead of listening to their teachers. During in person school students are surrounded by friends and other students all day long so students never get lonely. School online can get very boring without being with friends. The only time you get to interact with other students is when the teacher puts you in breakout rooms where you can talk to other students for a short time but this is way different from being with your friends at school. It is much harder to learn when you have to stay by yourself all day with no one around you. Without being able to interact with others, school is not the same that is why online school is worse than in person school.

In conclusion, online learning is not as good as in person learning. There are too many problems with online learning. Students get too distracted and they can’t concentrate in class. With online learning it is too easy to cheat on tests so students are not able to learn as much as they would in normal school. Students are not able to interact with others online and this affects many students because sitting behind a screen all day gets very lonely. Online school is too flawed to become permanent that is why we should stick with in person school.