What are the advantages of Cyber schooling?

Question

pros and cons.

Answer 1

I suppose it depends on what you are comparing it to: Traditional Homeschooling or conventional brick and mortar schooling?

I prefer traditional homechooling over cyberschooling because you have much more flexibility.

As for Cyber High School vs conventional high school, that really depends on the circumstances...

If you are miserable in high school, being bullied, etc then it might be worth a try.

OTO Like someone else says, it requires alot of self discipline and can be much more isolating than conventional school.

OTO if you are pretty smart and can buzz through the classes easily then that can free up your time for other things.

Our high school here allows you to take on online class at BYU in place of a regular class.  Perhaps you can do just one class to see if you can handle it?

My daughter took US government through them and while she did well she missed the classroom discussion and it was a bit harder.

She is now taking their online PE class however and she loves it.  She works out on her own schedule and can complete the book learning section of the class at a fraction of the time a traditional class would take.... and by taking it online, she is freeing up a period that she can use as an elective.

Another option would be to try a class over the summer.  If you can stick with it .. then you might be the right candidate for online school.

Good luck.

Answer 2

How can you be anti-social when you are still connecting to people through the Internet?  Duh...

Anyhow, I am currently taking courses from BU on line.  It requires a lot of personal time, and I pretty much don't have a life.  I suggest you consider whether you have the discipline to take courses on line, or whether you would be better off in a classroom setting.  If you are easily distracted or a procrastinator, cyber schooling may not be for you.  However, I am always procrastinating, but I seem to get my work done.

Answer 3

When I graduated high school in 2004, they were just starting to bring in the whole computer thing, and since I grew up being taught the proper way, i couldn't really grasp the whole computer thing, and as a result, my grades went down a little.

and if kids grew up being taught on the computer, they'll end up being very antisocial.

Answer 4

this is an article on pros and cos. i hope it helps

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+pros+a...

Answer 5

Pros:

You don't have to deal with the creeps and mean people at school.

You can learn at your own pace, and depending on the program- sometimes you can graduate early.

You can take vacations whenever you want as long as you get your projects turned in (again depends on the program you choose)

Its a lot easier to make friends on line...

Cons:

If you're extremely shy- unless you become involved in groups outside of school- you may become anti social XD

You may be a procrastinator, so there may not be any motivation to do your school work, and you could get in trouble with your grades.

I personally think there are more pros than cons-- I have been home schooled, on line-schooled, and gone to both private and public schools. I didn't think on line school was bad at all, and it's actually a really good fit if you don't particularly want to have to deal with the stupidness of high school and all the drama and whatnot.

One of my best friends uses an online school, and the only time she has to be with other high school students is when she goes in to take standarized tests. so... it's great to get away from people! Plus, you can devote your time to stuff you really like- I know she really enjoys the cello- so she practices a lot...

anyway, good luck. :) Remember, you can always just transfer out if you don't like it too much