text: Friendly competitions in school environments are a great way to push kids to do the best that they can at tasks given to them. For example, Generic_Name, a seventh grader in middle school, is taking a math quiz. The teacher, Generic_Name, told the class that the highest score would get a candy prize. Generic_Name studies very hard to get the candy prize;whereas, taking classes online, she would not have that desire to score her highest she would only try to pass the online quiz because she is not competing with anyone around her. Another situation where competition from classmates in school is needed, is when students are applying to college. Generic_Name, a graduating senior taking online schooling, is taking his SAT's. Generic_Name takes it and receives a 1150 and he is content because he is not aware of what other people score on that test, but if he attended school saw people scoring in the 1200's, he would push himself to get an even better score to improve his chances on getting into college. Therefore, taking classes in school benefits the students.