DISTANCE LEARNING: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
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DISTANCE LEARNING: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Angel Duncan
ENG122: English Composition II
Sasha Rae
September 3, 2014
Distance Learning page 2
High school is a period of important social and emotional development in a young person’s life. While in high school, we metamorphosis, learn, and grow socially as well as intellectually. The traditional model of high school provides social interaction between our peers and us. Many young people enjoy activities like student clubs, sporting events and the prom. Distance learning, also known as on-line learning, provides a tool to teach students to become self-directed learners, a skill that will last them a lifetime.
Some online high school programs allow gifted students to complete work at an accelerated pace, while still attending their traditional high school. This will allow high school students to enroll in college classes, before graduating high school, if the student should choose. Students who are involved in Distance Learning are able to access his or her classes from anywhere that the student has a computer and an Internet connection.
High school students, who may suffer from extreme bullying while attending a traditional high school, may feel safer, and more at ease, while completing his or her high school diploma program from the safety of the student’s own home. In the article “Bullying”, Ashley L. Cohen makes the point that bullying used to be considered a normal part of life. Bullying was also considered harmless. Most fathers taught their sons to be a “MAN and “hit ‘em back”. Now, in the year of 2014, “School bullying is a pervasive problem found in elementary, middle and high schools across the United States and around the world. It can take many direct and indirect forms, including physical violence, name-calling, taunting, teasing, malicious rumor spreading,
Distance Learning page 3
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DISTANCE LEARNING: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Angel Duncan
ENG122: English Composition II
Sasha Rae
September 3, 2014
Distance Learning page 2
High school is a period of important social and emotional development in a young person’s life. While in high school, we metamorphosis, learn, and grow socially as well as intellectually. The traditional model of high school provides social interaction between our peers and us. Many young people enjoy activities like student clubs, sporting events and the prom. Distance learning, also known as on-line learning, provides a tool to teach students to become self-directed learners, a skill that will last them a lifetime.
Some online high school programs allow gifted students to complete work at an accelerated pace, while still attending their traditional high school. This will allow high school students to enroll in college classes, before graduating high school, if the student should choose. Students who are involved in Distance Learning are able to access his or her classes from anywhere that the student has a computer and an Internet connection.
High school students, who may suffer from extreme bullying while attending a traditional high school, may feel safer, and more at ease, while completing his or her high school diploma program from the safety of the student’s own home. In the article “Bullying”, Ashley L. Cohen makes the point that bullying used to be considered a normal part of life. Bullying was also considered harmless. Most fathers taught their sons to be a “MAN and “hit ‘em back”. Now, in the year of 2014, “School bullying is a pervasive problem found in elementary, middle and high schools across the United States and around the world. It can take many direct and indirect forms, including physical violence, name-calling, taunting, teasing, malicious rumor spreading,
Distance Learning page 3
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