text: The second reason that taking online classes is beneficial, is online classes allow students to attend class, even when they are out sick or on vacation. When a student is sick, they should not go to school, but many do because they feel that they can not afford to miss class. Normally, a student who misses school whether because they are sick or is out of town, has to make up anything they missed. But with online classes, the student can do their classes work like normal and will not have to make up the work they missed. This allows the student to keep up with their class. Having to make up what they missed while sick, and learning new material, can be very stressful, as well as, potentially leading to more school problems later on. An additional benefit to the student staying home is that they will expose less people to there illness therefore cutting back the number of additional students who become sick.