text: Lastly, online courses typically require a large amount of material to be learned each day requiring long hours at the computer and subsequent negative health effects considering the strain on the students mind and body. Although this isn't accurate for online classes done in conjunction with the school year, the summer geometry class I took often resulted in me working on the computer for upwards of eight hours everyday. Excluding the obvious result that it was a great sacrifice of my time, this amount of length on any electronic results in long term damage to health. One can argue students are on their phones for many hours anyway, but in combination with having to read a screen for hours, the student must also be actively trying to learn difficult material, which becomes extremely straining on the eyes and taxing on the mind. Additionally, even taking into consideration that many school systems now implement technology in the classroom, this is still far less than a consistent full day on the computer required by online courses. By taking an online course, you agree to sacrifice your time and health.