text: Many students have different paces at which the learn at, some are fast and some may be slow, but when a pace is going way to fast for you, you can loose track and get confused. But in distance learning, you do have a more steadier pace and teachers will catch you up to speed before they move on to any other topic. I myself am a slow paced learner, but when teachers go on a faster pace than me, I usually loose track of whats going on, but when I did distance learning at my old school, I was always caught up and checked on before my teacher moved on to any other topic. So out of personal experience, learning at a better pace really does help and keep you aligned with whats going on in a certain topic.