text: Into the Wild by John Krakauer, outdoorsman Chris McCandless, from Annadale, VA, attended public school all the way until high school. Throughout his jounrney into the midwest, he credits all his friendships made along to journey to the ones that he made in Annadale. Always a social man, unlike other outdoorsman, McCandless learned to form bonds, for example the lifelong bond with elderly man Franz, in which they remained friends throughout the his journey. At resturaunts and bars across the west coast, workers claimed that McCandless had outstanding charisma compared to other wanderers. Other outdoorsmen who travel the west typically don't have the same social skills as they've been isolated from the world their whole lives. To compare it to online schooling, kids most likely will not gain the skills to form lifelong friendships if they are in isolation from the outside world, just like a typical outdoorsman. Also, with online schooling, students may have a harder time with future girlfriend/boyfriend relationships later in life as they've been isolated from their own age group for the majority of adolesance. My grandmother, being an only child and homeschooled living in the rural part of Louisiana, told me about the trials and tribulations of her finding my grandfather. Because she was so isolated from her own age group, she wasn't sure of how to properly act around men her age. Fifteen years of being an adult landed her next to my grandfather, but it was only after a long, hard single life that she was able to keep down the right one. Online school would have kids delaying their relationships due to lack of social interaction around peers their age, making it difficlult to find a solid relationship.