text: Critics argue that online school takes away from the personal experience of school and offers a way for kids to not go to school. While online school does take away party from the personal experience you would get at a public school, online school makes up for that with video conferencing and direct communication with the teacher and other students. Critics say online school kids use online school as a way to get out of going to real school. That statement is false, most students that take the online courses do this so they can work at their own pace and learn things not offered by his or her public school. Online school widens the range for students to learn and provides an alternative method to taking classes and learning in general. Students learn at different paces and online school gives students the power to work at their own pace without fear of falling behind in a class.