Midaber 10 - Distance Learning: Good or Bad?

 In most schools pupils study for the Bagrut exams in class. However few years ago the Ministry of Education allowed some of the pupils to study for the Bible exam online. In this program the students are taught by a teacher through the internet, online. I wouldn't like to join this program and  to study online.




First of all, studying online alone doesn't develop your social skills. Studying alone, in-front of a computer, without any company, doesn't acquire you communication skills. You don't make any friends, you have no company. In distance learning you don't meet your teacher face to face - every thing is done through the computer what make the explanations about the studying, harder to understand.

In addition, studying online isn't suitable for everybody. If you want to learn online you need to have self-discipline and responsibility. Because when you learn alone, you don't do your homework, you get lazy. The reason for that, there is no one who pushes and force you to do it. Therefore this program is suitable for some students and the others need someome, such as teacher, who will push them.

In conclusion in my opinion, the new program which turns the class to an "online class", is bad. Because studying through a computer is harder than regular studying. In addition you need to have self-discipline and responsibility, moreover you don't make friends. Therefore this program is a bad idea.