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Originally Posted by Schmoopie
I can't see all schools going remote. Kids need social interaction as well and they would miss that if they only had classes online. Just my thought on that. The good thing about online school is that there's less risk of being bullied due to no recess, etc. But as I said the bad thing IMO would be the lack of social interaction.
As far as jobs are concerned I would LOVE if more of them transitioned to online. I currently don't have a job and honestly if I had been able to do my call center job from home... well, let's just say that things would be very different now. Long story, but seriously there are so many jobs out there that could be done online and I've never understood why my office was so adamant about NOT letting us work online. In fact, my former boss asked me several months ago what she could do to help me and I said "Let me work from home." She and another supervisor literally laughed in my face. And of course now that things are the way they are, I am hearing from my former coworkers that they are allowed to work from home. Really ticks me off, to be honest.
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I was talking along the line of colleges. I recently received both a masters and a teaching certificate in online teaching and did most of my classes completely online. Online college is great for those who want to get another degree but don't or can't attend in person. With kids though, I think it depends. I think online is great for certain types of kids (kids with special needs or gifted, bullied, etc). In general I preferred online classes because I can do the assignments when I want and not much interaction with my classmates. People often say college students need interaction but in general I didn't. Honestly, when I was in college in the early 90's I resented being in classes with some of the students because I often got matched into groups with students who didn't care. The reality is I kept in contact with only a few from college or graduate school. In fact I remember very few of their names, even those who were "college friends".