text: Distance learning will help students have an advantage in their college and professional lives when communicating with people all over the world. By allowing kids to try this during high school or throughout their education career, it would lead to a more successful college lifestyle. Students would already be acclimated to the types of online classes and work from their previous high school experience, so they would not have a dramatic shift in learning when they go to college. Not only would this give them an advantage in taking classes in college, but it would help to lower stress when transitioning into a new environment. Later in life they would be more prepared when they conference people online for business meetings or video conference online with people in different countries. Many business have relationships overseas that they use video conferencing for, so it would benefit these students to grow up with video conferencing being a form of communication. Distance learning will help give these kids an advantage and make their professional lives easier and more successful.