text: Online classes allow students to work at their own pace. Many students with no space left in their school schedule use this to their advantage. "Not everything can be done in school" , Generic_Name said. She does an extra langauge outside of her classes to be able to graduate this year. This allows her to still take classes in school and take online courses at her own time. College students take an abundant of online classes. They do this to gain more information because they have busy lives. In college, many students have part time jobs, but they need time to fullfill their education, so they resort to online classes. My father did online college years ago to fullfill an education. This allowed him to take the class at his own time, rather then go to a school and lose money from taking too much time off work. Futhermore, online classes allow students to have mental breaks when stressed. Students don't have to feel as much pressure because they can work at their own pace and not the teachers'. Online classed students don't have to worry about getting embarrassed in front of other students when they get an answer wrong. Basically, a student can work at the comfort of their home.