text: One benefit from taking an online course is that it allows students to be comfortable while learning. Being comfortable is a key essential for retaining information from a teacher. Students who take online courses are more attentive, and more comprehensive because they are in a comfortable state of mind. Students who are physically present in the classroom move around, rest their head on their desk, and don't comprehend as much information while learning in a classroom because of their uncomfortably. Research that has been accumulated over the years has proven that students who take an online course have higher test scores than students who are physically present in the classroom.