Are we going too far in the establishment of virtual schools. In the article Virtual High Schools: The Schools of the Future, author Glori Chaika brings out several valid points for this set up.
The use of virtual schools gives everyone a chance at the same education. People all over the world now have the same opportunity to an equal curriculum and to learn from each other. We all know students learn more from their peers than they learn from adults.
Several advantages were brought out in the article for using virtual schools. Some of these were students could proceed at their own pace, students in some areas will now have access to content they never had before, and this gives students a chance to succeed that can't handle a regular school set up.
I like the advantages but being fashioned I feel one disadvantage greatly out weighs all the advantages. People have to learn to interact face to face with other people. Part of being totally healthy is being able to function socially, how will this happen if all a student does is go to school on the computer.
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Lynn...I agree with your assessment about the big disadvantage of virtual schools. I also believe that socialization is so vitally important to the healthy development of the individual. Perhaps if there was a compromise incorporating some virtual school with some good old-fashioned face-to-face instruction, this would be a great option for some students.
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