text: Completing an online course is just as bad as watching television. Both involve staring a screen which virtually accomplishes nothing. In school there are activities that allow students to learn and to do something that isn't just sitting at a desk while listening to a teacher. When a student is completing an online course, most of the material is going in and out their brain. On the contrary students that are actually spending time to learn the course material will actually remember the material. These students are not getting the full extent of how much they can learn. In school teachers can go over any questions and teachers can also go more in depth since they have a whole school year to go over the material. Meanwhile most online courses take about two to three months to complete.