text: If students get the chance to attend classes away from school it will increase their isolation even more. I was born in 2002 and have very fond memories of spending my childhood outside playing with my brothers and our neighbors. Now, in 2020, when I look at my neighborhood I see no children playing outside anymore. One might assume it is because all the former children are now grownup, however a new generation of children have moved into my neighborhood, they just do not play outside. Instead, this new generation, have phones or iPads that keep them locked up inside their homes. The isolation I have witnessed in my neighborhood because of technology is insane; and I fear the same thing could happen if distance learning was encouraged. The friends I have made at school and the memories we have created together are some of the most cherished ones in in life. It is absolutely heart-wrenching knowing that if distance learning was integrated into my school that younger students will continue to stay coped up in their houses and not get the chance to get amazing friends in school like I did. Many will say that children can make friends anywhere not just in school, but I think the majority can admit that they have had an amazing friend come into their life through going to school, and I think every child deserve to have that one special friendship.