text: I feel that if students were to take online classes at home, they wouldn't get to learn how to collaborate with their peers. A school environment is essential in that it teaches students how to collaborate with peers and gain leadership skills through projects and assignments. These are skills that are important for the workplace and for working with people throughout life. School is usually the place where most people meet their first friends and learn how to talk to and deal with those peers as they grow up. I feel that online school takes that aspect of socialization away from students and doesn't allow them to put themselves out there because they're always at home. With that being said, it is also easier for students at home to turn to social media to communicate with others, which can be dangerous because they don't really know who they're interacting with.