The Pro's And Con's Of Online Classes
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The Pro's And Con's Of Online Classes

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The Pro's And Con's Of Online Classes
Erin Hicks

Online classes. We love them and hate them. Some of us are great at them while others of us forget we even have them.

As I am in my last semester of classes, my program is being moved to be almost fully online. I only have 12 credits and every single class is online. I have had many different reactions to this by different people. Which is basically either, "oh wow that sucks", or "I'm jealous".

So here I am to tell you the pros and cons of having online class.

Pro. I don't have to be anywhere at 8:00 am.

Con. My days are not that productive since I don't have to wake up and be anywhere.

Pro. You can wear a sweatshirt and leggings everyday to "class".

Con. Still wearing the same sweatshirt. Still haven't washed it.

Pro. I can work at my own pace through my classes.

Con. I have perfected procrastinating.

Pro. I can stay up late, because never really have a "school night" anymore.

Con. I find myself staying up until midnight to turn in an assignment anyways because I have procrastinated once again.

Pro. You can watch the lectures online anytime you want and you have the pause button option.

Con. Waiting to watch a two hour lecture before you have homework due on it isn't that fun.

Pro. Skyping into a class is easy, because its like your in class, but you're really at home in your leggings, painting your nails.

Con. You still have to participate in class discussions even if it's an online course.

Pro. You save a lot of makeup when you never have to leave your house.

Con. Never leaving your house means never meeting new people in your classes.

Pro. You can never be late to class.

Con. You forget that you're even in school until you have a huge assignment due the next day.

Pro. You have all day to do homework.

Con. You sit at your computer writing this article instead of doing said homework.

To all you people who have had online courses and hate them, I say give them another chance. There is no better class, then the ones where you're allowed to sit at home on the couch and drink a glass (bottle) of wine. And to those of you who haven't had an online course, they're not the absolute worst thing in the world. (I suggest getting a planner though, so you don't completely forget about all the homework that you have to do).

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