text: In a world in which mental health is taboo and medical conditions along with bullying are downplayed, an online education is an easy solution to these problems. It has been said that around 47% of students struggle with conditions such as depression, anxiety, social anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder or a physical disability. All of these conditions make attending school a grueling activity for most. Whereas an online education defeats all of these scenarios. Whether it be a hospital bed, a therapist's office, or even your own kitchen, online school is widely available to all whom are living a double life. Bullying rates for teens and children only seem to be going up, this negatively impacts a student so greatly, that they may feel like school isn't something they could handle on a day to day basis. Some may say that mental health and physical disabilities as well as bullying can be handled in a school environment by counselors and special exceptions that may be offered but this is simply false due to the fact that most school counselors aren't trained in helping students deal with a debilitating disease making an online education a better fit for most students dealing with these problems. By having an education packed into a computer screen, students are then encouraged to take their lives into their own hands, taking all power away from any illness or bully.