text: The first reason as to why distance learning would benefit students is for when a student is sick and does not feel good enough to make it to school. Most of the time when a student gets sick, they do not go to school because they do not feel good. That being said, there are also many students who will still go to school despite being sick because they don't want to miss anything and get behind on work. If distance learning was offered, students would not feel the need to attend school when they are not feeling well and could just learn all of the material from at home. Of course, there are some circumstances where a student is just too sick to do anything and will not be able to focus or learn, but the majority of students absent on a daily basis is because of sickness. Also, implementing distance learning would not only help the student who is sick, but the students and teachers all around him or her. That means that this distance learning program would not only benefit students who are missing school, but also the students who are still in school. The teachers would also be sick less often, and it would make things easier for them since they won't have to worry about getting their students all caught up to date. Implementing a distance learning program would certainly help students who are out with sickness.