text: However home school students could get distracted from school work easier than a student being distracted in school. Cellphones are the biggest distraction in society right now, you could be on your phone for hours and not know it. For not being around teachers physical it's harder for students to stay on task, teachers constantly have to remind students to behave, and do their work. Do you really believe a home school student can stay on task all the time? It's impossible for a teen to not get a little distracted, especially being home all day. Teens have their televisions and cellphones, being at school limits students to watch televisions or be on their phones.