text: Allowing students to take classes from home would invite many opportunities to slack off. Houses have limitless distractions whether it be pets, toys, or even your favorite snack just to name a few. Being in school allows one's brain to associate the school environment with being productive and home for relaxing and calming down after a long day. If school is online, students will have no separation between their "relaxing time" and getting work done. Even if students have to view the online class by a certain time to get credit, there would be nothing stopping a teen from playing video games in the background during an important lecture. This would lead to poor grades, whereas, if the student was in school, they would feel less obligated to start playing video games in class or would be stopped by the teacher.