text: Students could develop little to no social skills if they were to take distance learning. Distance learning is an education gained through a computer rather than being lectured and helped in person. Learning through a computer doesn't give you the necessary social skills you need to go through life. When I'm in class with a teacher, I'm able to ask that teacher questions. While you can also do that online, the interactions are completely different. You are behind a screen with possibly no one around you. Getting an education this way will damage your social skills unless you are socializing with people outside of your home and neighborhood. Online learning doesn't allow you to interact with your classmates or your teacher. You need to be able to talk properly to people you don't know because once you graduate you have to speak to the people around you to understand current situations or to get a job. Every job includes some interaction with a person face-to-face, and if your social skills aren't good then you will struggle until they get better. I'm a shy person but being able to interact with people in person has improved my social skills. You don't have to talk to someone for long periods of time, but don't stay behind a computer screen. Go out in the world and talk to someone you haven't before; you may even become close friends in the future. The people you interact with are going to be important to you in some way, positive or negative, and without them you are going to be lost in life.