Distance or online learning instead of school /academy or college

They are referring to Financial Aid.

Oh, thanks! Well, the websites I know they don't explain or offer anything about fin aid. And I don't know whether there are any aids for distance/online learning here in Spain. The aids I know are offered when you go to Highschool or to University. But distance or online learning here in Spain is more private and the sites I know offers different courses under low cost. So it's not too expensive.

Sorry, but what's the meaning of 'fin aid'?

Of course, for people in our situation, it's a big help to carry on with the studies. Therefor, you need to have enough motivation, a good system for personal organization of your time and energy, as it's not easy to carry on with too many things. But, it offers us the possibility to keep on studying at any time, which is very important for us and we never should stop studying, even if we have to attend others.

It's surely a nice experience you are having. The time others are sitting in the classroom listening to the information, you are already studying it. When the go home, the have to carry on studying and, in the meantime, you are already staying with your family and / or friends. I wish you good luck with your studies.

You're right. It seems that most of the people needs to assist to the classes and depends of a teacher or someone else as a guideline who explains what and how to study as well as in what time to do so. Most of us depend of several circumstances in live and are not able to decide on our own. Motivation and independence is something difficult to reech for many people.

You are right saying that online requires rigid scheduling. For online studying, you need motivation and strength and you have to be an organized person willing to reach the knowledge. If the information is more reliable, I am not sure, because even teachers can do their mistakes. But on internet, you can proof it before publishing the information. Further to the three flaws you mention: 1) If you are really interested in what you are going to study, I think the effort is the same as you are going to study something what you decided to do, so as you are interested in the assignment you will study by the same way as you would do going to school. The online courses are something you choose yourself. 2) Do you really need someone to verify if you are honest enough to do yourself your work? If you are not honest with yourself and with others, so you are not doing any favor to yourself. 3) No social interaction? It's up to the student. The sites of online learning offer direct contact to the teachers (online and by telephone) and there are sections on those webs where you can chat with other students about what you're studying. There you can comment the assignments and explain your doubts. By this way, you can get new friends from all over around from people who are studying the same as you. And maybe, when you matriculate in a course, someone in your neighbourhood might be interesting to study the same with you so you could share. But, I agree with you that socialization is very important, but it shouldn be an excuse not to study, as you go to school to study and not to make friends. Even if it's natural that we make friends and like to share all the information and more with others.

Even by distance learning, there you have the possibility to contact a teacher by email, in a chat or by telephone in the case you need help or explications or further information about points you don't understand. But you are also right when you say that not everything can be studied by online/distance learning.

Hopefully, you can re-take your online studies again. I'm sorry that you have to work so hard, so I wish you the best and more time in the future. It's right that even studying online, we can save plenty of money and time.

There are surely several sites and courses according your interests, so I wish you good luck.

Nowadays, distance learning is still something new for many people as it was internet several years ago. So until it's not proofed that it might work, it's normal that many people still don't believe in this kind of studying and prefer the traditional way. But some people already used this kind of upgrade their knowledge as the only possibility they had to do so because of several reasons: to save time and money and because the had to work and couldn't stop working to go back to college. Nowadays, in many schools, they already use computers with interactive exercises instead of books and the possiblity to contact with the teacher and other students throug a special web in the afternoons, so they can share all their doubts and experience. Maybe in the future, distance learning will be something completly normal.

That's right, you need plenty of motivation, concentration and self-control for distance learning, as you need to organize yourself. Some years ago, I wasn't able to do so neither, but now I like it. Even for distance learning, you have to study to do so. It's not easy.