Posted on 02/04/2014 1:38:28 PM PST by freedom462
I think much of what you said is right but with one important issue to note: high school students often need the personal interaction of a teacher classroom setting just as much as middle school and even elementary school kids too. It is not until they get to college that it really becomes substantially less vital. That is probably an important reason why we, and other Western nations as well, structured our educational systems so that they are fundamentally different for those over 18 vs those under 18. In high school there are some particularly advanced kids and certain types of special needs kids for whom online education will be seen as a potential replacement as you had said. But I think they will be exceptions rather than the rule and that there are undoubtedly millions of high school kids for whom online interaction could not replace personal interaction anymore than it could for middle school or elementary kids. At least that is my view, your own personal observations may be different.
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