1. Today, I received a phone call from one of my high school friends. She told me that she is studying a college course on the Internet. I know being a college student has been a dream for her. However, she does not like study on campus, where she thinks has limited freedom.
2. Should distance learning and online computer classes replace classroom learning? This is really a tough question to answer, however, after considering the pros and cons, I hold the opinion that students should study in classroom. The reasons are as follows.
3. On the first hand, distance learning online means students study far away from the professor and other students. This could forbid them from making full communication with teachers and other students, although they can communicate with computers or phone. It is more convenient for students discuss within a classroom with the professor and classmates.
4. Besides, students are young, and maybe they cannot control themselves, so if they study lonely, they may have a lower efficiency compared with studying together with many other students. Thus distance learning online is bad for study in the long run.
5. In addition, modern computer technology is not stable enough for a long time, so study maybe disturbed by net incidents. There are many factors that may affect the study, for instance, the speed of Internet, virus in the Internet, and even bad weather condition could disrupt the Internet.
6. So students may not be able to study consistently as they do in a classroom.
7. However, studying in a classroom not only makes students study more comfortable and efficient, but let them have chances to learn other necessary social skills, for instance, the skill of communication with other people, skill of handling problems within a group, and independence from family. These are all very important from their latter life and work.
8. Generally speaking, distance learning is not a good way for study, as the computer technology is not stable, which would disturb the study, and it is not comfortable for students to communicate with teachers and classmates.
9. What is more, distance learning may forbid students from learning other social skills. So if one have to make a choice between online study and study in a classroom, it is better to select the second one.
10. This is my opinion about this situation, but different people have different opinions, I believe that everyone could be found a proper way for themselves based on their own situations.