text: Another area where virtual schooling tends to lack is in offering students diverse viewpoints from various teachers and students. Students taking classes from a computer at his or her house are confined to a limited number of people they interact with. They never get to hear any dissenting opinions from other students or see different methods of teaching from professors. By taking classes at school, students are opened up to a wide variety of opinions and new ways of learning. Take for example, two different United States history teachers that teach at the same school; one teacher likes to teach students straight from the textbook, because he feels that is the best way that students retain the information, but the other makes his class fun and engaging because he wants his students to enjoy his class. The student taking online courses would not be able to experience the two different learning environments. The online classes do not allow for students to develop a choice in how they learn their material, ultimately diminishing some students chances to retain knowledge.