| Online Learning has long been the domain of adult | | | | as simple as a part time job at the local convenience |
| learners and college students. However, as the | | | | store, or it might be the beginnings of a career (think |
| technology surrounding elearning grows, and more | | | | child actors or musicians). If a student has to reserve |
| people have access to the online environment, more | | | | time for work, it can be difficult to adhere to the |
| and more high school students are opting to | | | | traditional school day schedule. Online learning allows |
| complete their education online. | | | | students to pick the hours that are most convenient |
| There are many different reasons for working | | | | for them, so they can work all the other elements of |
| through high school online. Some of the most | | | | their daily lives into their education. |
| common situations surrounding high school online | | | | • Socialization: the teenage years are some |
| include: | | | | of the hardest that any person can live through. |
| • Accessibility: whether it's because of a | | | | Moreover, in high school, it's really easy to feel like |
| physical disability or just simple location, sometimes | | | | you don't fit in. Sometimes the situation is so serious |
| it's not easy for a student to get to and around | | | | it affects the student's ability to learn. In an online |
| school. If accessibility is a concern, online learning | | | | environment, students interact with each other but |
| makes things easy. There are no buildings to get into | | | | the interaction is more removed so there aren't the |
| or around, no classrooms to navigate, and little travel | | | | social pressures of appearance or style. A normally |
| time required to get to the living room and sit in | | | | shy or reserved student may feel liberated in the |
| front of the computer. | | | | online environment, making the high school |
| • Learning Disabilities: a learning disability can | | | | experience easier and more useful. |
| make the high school experience difficult for | | | | • Personal Choice: some students just don't |
| students. Perhaps your child needs extra attention | | | | work well in the traditional school setting. They may |
| that's unavailable at the local school, or he or she | | | | get bored with the pace, or be looking for a more |
| needs extra time that doesn't come easily in a | | | | individualized approach. Online learning will allow |
| traditional school day. Regardless of your child's | | | | students to cater their learning to any needs they |
| needs, studying online is a more personalized and | | | | may have that aren't met by traditional schooling |
| adjustable experience. Your child isn't expected to fit | | | | methods. |
| in with a class of 30 other kids with different skill and | | | | With all the new advances in online learning, high |
| knowledge levels, and you can cater the program to | | | | school online programs are becoming more easily |
| individual needs. | | | | available. If you or your child isn't satisfied by the |
| • Scheduling: it's a reality that many high | | | | traditional high school experience, give online learning |
| school students work. That job might be something | | | | a try! |