text: Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. But there were people who still believed that aliens did this and that the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze.These days with such a huge emphasis on education there should be different options available for different ways students can learn and distance learning should be one of them. Distance learning would allow a student to receive the same level of education they would at a public school, but at their own pace in an environment that feels safe for them. Distance learning can offer a multitude of benefits and make learning more accessible to every student. Distance Learning would help many students, including: students suffering from severe illness, students who learn better in at home environments, or those that have been bullied or harassed.