text: Not only does it teach independent working, but it removes the societal pressures that come from a school setting. With distance learning, it removes the bad peer pressure. First off, it gets rid of the bad distractions. Secondly, it encourages the benefits of completing work. Furthermore, it relieves the stress of performance. For example, it allows students to focus more on the work to be done, and not on how they look. In addition, it removes the feelings of having to do better than others in order to succeed. Distance learning doesn't put students under standards of performance, unlike a school setting does.