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In recent debates about online schooling, I have found that the state department of education is currently experimenting with an online schooling system. Although I agree that this could be beneficial to some students who are located in more rural areas of the country, I don't believe it is the absolute best way to solve this educational issue. Over the past few years, people in the educational field have been figuring out ways to incorporate technology into school, but with online schooling I fear we would have to find a way to incorporate personal interaction into technology.

On average, teenagers already spend approximately 40 hours in front of some kind of screen per week, making it more than triple the amount of time it used to be in …show more content…

They don't gain that advantage of being up close to someone, popping that bubble of friendly space to make contact, acting and responding to their conversation. This social interaction is important as growing up into the real world, it is a basic task for everyday life. And although we have things like Skype and video-chat now, we're not as connected to each other as how we used to be. Everything is way less scary when someone is talking to a computer than when they're talking to a person, and maybe that's another big …show more content…

You'll eventually need to socialize with people up close and in person sometime in your future anyway, so the more practice you have of it, the better your vocabulary will be and the better your speech will get. This could be a major help when someone is, lets say, applying for a job or interviewing with a company, perhaps sitting around at a party or maybe even meeting new people. If you don't have the experience of messing up, how would you know the right things to

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