With the rapid development of our society and technology, there’s evidence that distance-learning is becoming more and more popular nowadays. Despite the fact that traditional way of learning is convinced as the common method of learning, it still triggers an entire string of remarks about whether students should attend regular school or enjoy learning via TV or the Internet. Advocates of distance learning believed that the convenience and freedom it brings is more humanity. While others hold the contrasting view that traditional education is the most efficient way of obtaining knowledge.
Some people claim that distance learning will give rise to a number of advantages. Firstly, from the economical aspect, distance learning is far more economical friendly than traditional education. Students who attend Internet courses will need no textbooks, in which way the dissipation of paper can be avoided, thus doing help to our environment. Secondly, taking distance curriculums adds more ease and individual identity to private study plan. Learners can choose what to study and where to study according to their levels, which can’t be achieved by traditional learning. Lastly, individual study via TV and Information highway helps adolescents to foster a splendid habit to be responsible for their own schedule of learning.
On the other hand, many people are opposed to the view above for the following reasons. Primarily, students of young ages are prone to exterior distractions. As a result, they are lack of self-discipline and aren’t capable for studying all by themselves. People are in worry that a huge number of kids would ruin their prospection without the inspection and guidance of teachers. Furthermore, there’s a bad phenomenon that children are losing their ability to write now. Without the writing asked by teachers, more kid are in danger of becoming illiteracy. Worst of all, as a result of home studying, kids are easy to be introverted and can’t communicate with others than kids who go to public schools. The consequence is detrimental considering the fact that society doesn’t need self-centered and unsociable nerds instead of open-minded and able people.
Judging these two viewpoints above mentioned, I consider the former one more reasonable and feasible on preconditions that parents should help to guide their kid to foster a proper way of learning and take their kids to outdoor activities. Only in these ways can distance learning be more practical and versatile later.