text: Secondly, distance learning helps students pay attention and listen to their teachers and professors because it is, usually, face to face with very little distractions. School provides many opportunities for distraction with school pride, rumors and gossip, and even fights (varies from school to school). School tends to bring out the worst in many students because of how strictly they dictate them while distance learning gives those students the freedom they were promised. The chance to learn without so many distractions could really help students retain more information and get a great education.