text: School also helps students learn to build relationships with other people. By allowing students to take classes at home, students are being deprived of their time to develop key communication skills. Communication skills are very important in our society, as one cannot succeed in any field without some form of communication. Going to school and seeing other kids face to face is the way that kids can develop these skills. In school, they are forced to make relationships and are encouraged to be respectful and polite. Critics might point out that in a video conference, they can see others face to face. But the reality is, all the kids will see is just a face. They won't see the emotions the other kids have, the interests they might share, the fun they could have playing together. All the kids would see is just another face on another screen, it would mean nothing to them.