text: These factors may cause a heavy weight to be dropped on a students grades; causing students to fail classes, turn work in late, have no communicatiomn with a teacher and even be held back a grade. Many students find difficulties with distant learning. They may find themself with no motivation, distractions, or may just not understand the work given to them. So even though distant learning may sound great, it doesnt work out well for every student. Students should not have the option of doing distant learning in grade k - 12. Learning is a skill that takes practice and experience to become better at. Allowing students to control their learning could encourage them to want to work harder and make their work better. Students do not often have creative capacity in the school system and are often fed information and asked to repeat it during an exam. Connecting this information with real world projects and concepts will benefit students beyond their years in the school system. Summer projects should be student designed because it allows for intrinsic learning as well as independent thinking which results in internal motivation to complete and excel in summer projects.