text: While some will say distant learning has its advantages, others will be quick to point out the disadvantages as well. One such disadvantage is if students take classes online, they can easily get distracted by something else. It would be relatively easy for a student, especially teenagers or preteens, to move away from their classwork and go to websites or games that are not related to education and completely disregard their schoolwork. This will inevitably cause students to fall behind on doing their work or do poorly on the work. As a result, the student may end up failing the class. While there are more reasons why online classes do not work as well as regular ones, the greatest reason distant learning would not benefit students is the potential distractions students may face while doing it.