text: In my little interview with my friend, I learned why she personally began attending classes from home: near the beginning of the school year, she became very overwhelmed by the workload it brought and began having severe panic attacks, sending her into a downward spiral that prevented her from getting her schoolwork done. Fortunately, school administrators recognized this and recommended she try distance learning. She was glad they did, because up to the day of our conversation, she had been learning from home ever since, only going to school occasionally to take tests or submit projects that couldn't be submitted online. She told me that she benefited from taking most of her classes at home, because she didn't have to face the pressure of keeping up with her classmates, for she could just learn at her own pace. This allowed her to focus on her work and enjoy coming to school for rehearsal; she and school administrators expected that by April, she wouldn't need to stay at home anymore.