text: The biggest factor over schools choosing to do distance learning is clear, and that is the unreliable nature and overall risk of online learning. Often times, a student is not even in control of a situation that can disrupt a online learning session. For example, a bad storm can hit during a video conference and shut off your power, once that happens, what do you do? Wait for an indefinite time for your power to come back to your house? That would be ridiculous. Another possibility is your computer having issues and not being able to use it, it's hard to say what any school offering online courses would do in that situation. but it seems far to likely to occur. The risk is stacked against schools when they have very likely possibilities that can happen to a student and their learning. Also, relying on a student when most are not the most responsible and mature yet is a bad idea.