text: However, what sets online learning apart form traditional learning is the aspect of the "comforts of home". In fact, allowing students to work from their homes actually works to inhibit the creative mindset. When in a familiar environment, it makes it difficult to step out of one's comfort zones and further push perosnal boundries. On the other hand, classrooms are meticulously designed to help facilitate just this. Colorful posters are hung up around walls and tangible resources (such as books and utensils) are readily available to ensure an optimal learning environment. Risk and innovation is welcomed. This is a charcteristic online classes can seldom provide. Additionally, studies have shown, time and time again, that individuals who were home-schooled with an online education experince a difficult time adapting to the pressure of the workforce. Morever, they display a lack of communication skills; thus, making it difficult for them to voice their opinions and concerns. Students should not have to rely on an unreliable 3rd party platform (such as email or messaging apps) to contact their teacher or administator. It transforms the process of learning into a tedious chore.