text: Lastly, virtual learning does not offer the same connection between students and teachers that seeing them in-person offers. I have multiple experiences with this particular problem, and both experiences negatively affected my learning. As I mentioned before, I took an online course this past year to fit another elective into my schedule. That class was a joint personal finance and economy course; a course necessary for me to take in order to graduate. And while I was able to get by in the class just fine, not having a teacher in front of me who I could ask questions presented a plethora of problems. Anytime I had a question about certain material, I had to take more time to research it myself. Or if I had a question about an assignment, I had to either email the teacher in charge of the course and wait for a reply, or just read the directions over and over until I could guess what it was that I needed to do. Virtual learning simply does not give the same learning experience that regular school is able to give.