1. By learning online, kids don’t have to travel from place to place to study.

• Kids travel all the time for other activities like sports or music lessons, so there is no reason why they can’t travel for other types of class.
• Some students don’t have the money to travel to and from, and others don’t have the time because they live too far away from the school or classroom.

2. In-person classrooms are safer for kids, because many online lessons don’t have parental supervision. In-person classrooms at least have an adult near the students who are learning.

• Online classrooms also have a teacher present. If the student has an emergency, the teacher can call a parent or guardian at home with the student to alert them.
• We may also develop hologram technology that allows teachers to be present in the same room with the students at home.
• There is a reason that many websites like Google or Facebook require people to be 13 years old to have an account. They believe that children should not be allowed to use websites unsupervised. The same rules could apply to an online classroom.
• Online classrooms are secure environments. Only people who are invited in are allowed to enter.

3. Online classrooms offer an environment where children pay less attention to others, more attention to the teacher, and experience less bullying.

• During Coronavirus most schools across the world moved to online lessons, and many teachers found that students were pretending their cameras were broken, and just playing on their phones during class.
• Sure, but the teacher can remove the student if he turns off his camera, unless the teacher received a permission slip signed by the guardian allowing him to turn off his camera.
• If students are removed from online classrooms for bad behavior, there is no learning actually happening. Being inside a classroom where phones are not allowed, and students are being watched constantly by the teacher, would be more conducive to learning.
• This is a good point, but the kid made this decision, and the teacher can send a warning to the guardian or give him a suspension or detention for bad behavior, like in real schools.

4. Online learning might exclude some children who don’t have access to either a computer, or to high-speed internet.

• The guardian must give him a device or go to a library or internet cafe to study. For the internet connection they can use less bandwidth on video games etc. (et cetera et cetera) or use another website that’s less heavy like Whereby.
• My argument focuses on resources. For example, some parents can’t buy computers, some parents don’t have time to drive to the library, and some households don’t even have internet, so it doesn’t matter how much they use.
• Internet and computers do cost money, but parents will actually be paying more if they have to pay school fees each year for kids to attend a real classroom. The one time cost of a computer is much less in comparison.

5. Some students and teachers actually prefer studying at home because they can be more comfortable and wear what they want. They can also apply a filter or background to their camera to hide where they actually are, so they can maintain their privacy.

• While some students do prefer to stay at home, others will miss the interactions with their classmates such as eating lunch together, playing outside, or studying together in the library.
• There are equally or more engaging activities for students online, and they are still free to meet each other outside of learning hours.

6. Because online learning is so flexible, students have fewer excuses to miss class, for example if they weren’t feeling well or traveling.

• It is easier to participate in class online, but it also removes the separation between school and home. It might be useful for some kids to have a clear break between learning and home life.
• Even if kids are learning online, they are still free to take breaks. Also, their parents can lay ground rules such as laundry and cleaning, so that kids still have an active home life.