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In Idaho, now more than ever, it is time to focus on the importance of teachers and the benefits they provide students in high school. The four years of high school are crucial in determining how students progress in 
their education. Teachers provide encouragement and are the mentors students need as they strive for higher education and find their niche in the workforce. Reducing the in-person factor with online classes will ultimately hurt students, which contradicts Luna’s main reason for adding the requirement. Luna said requiring high school students to take online classes will prepare them for college. In college, however, students aren’t required to take online classes and those offered aren’t worth it. True education and learning is lost when the only means of obtaining information is from a computer screen/Elizabeth Rudd, UI Argonaut. More here.
Questions: Do you suppose Superintendent Tom Luna considered how his online class requirement will affect high school students who move on to college?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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lovetohateme on November 08 at 5:01 p.m.
I found great value in the classes I took online. With online coursework I was able to work a full 20 credits in per summer for two years. This allowed me to take care of several required courses and many classes I just wanted to take. (Yes, I also had a few summer courses that were in the classroom, and yes, I carried a full 21 credit load per regular semester until the last semester of my senior year.) My online courses were very interactive and I enjoyed them thoroughly. I believe Elizabeth is short selling their value.