text: First off, between working, busy social lives, sports, family, and school, some students find it hard to have enough hours in the day. Distance learning allows students to learn at their own pace, and to be able to set their own schedule. With distance learning, a student has the opportunity to work a morning or afternoon shift at a job, and can still have a full seven hour school day. In addition, students can plan their school schedules around their busy lives, and can get ahead or wait on an assignment depending on what is going on at the time. This decreases stress levels, which is a necessary focus for students' overall health and well being. Allowing students to work at their own pace and plan out their lives also develops necessary life skills, such as time management, which puts students ahead.