In recent years, distance teaching and learning has become increasingly popular among the students and this is perceived differently by learners. Many students perceive this as a beneficial aid in learning while others think that they are not as much effective as classroom teaching. This essay will discuss about the merits and demerits of distant learning.

Studying an online course provides a flexible timing and less budgeted learning for students. They are able to learn their desire course and subjects on their suitable time. This gives a great opportunity for learners to gain new skills and strengthen their knowledge level staying in their own place. For instance, a Nepali student who wants an Australian degree in business management course does not have to stay in Australia, he can study online and complete course staying at his home. Hence, distant learning is economic and time saving.

However, online courses give more emphasis on the theoretical part of learning and there is less teacher and student interaction. It lacks the practical aspects of learning and encourage the passive learning. This is very obvious that students find it as a less effective learning than in the classroom. A recent study suggests that a greater number of students found classroom teaching far more effective than the distance learning.

In conclusion, the ever growing availability of online learning has gained its popularity among the young adults for many years, which is perceived as beneficial by many people while others find it to be less effective. The emphasis can be given to its effectiveness to establish it as the most cost effective learning than the classroom teaching.

Adults often think teenagers to be noisy, childish and violent. Some of them even don’t think they have
any adult senses or wise thoughts at all but, as a teenager, I think we’re intelligent enough to teach other
people some things, and, according to this, I’m not agree with the quotation on top of the page.
For example, lots of teenagers have better knowledge in technology, so they can teach the older
generation how to deal with gadgets. In our gymnasium there are special classes for the senior people
where they are taught to work on computers, and their teachers are teenagers.
Moreover, teenagers have the great knowledge in ecology, and they are really concerned on saving the
planet alive. We talk a lot about environment on classes, we take part in ecology olympiades and
contests for the best ecological projects and often won them, so we have a lot to tell the others about
environmental problems and ways of their solving.
Besides this, teenagers can teach adults foreign languages. According to the statistics, 50% of adult
generation of our country don’t know any foreign languages, so we can help them to come by the new
knowledge or to improve that what they have. And, of course, students from foreign countries can teach
Russian students their language, and Russians can teach them Russian. It is sometimes done in
linguistic centres.
To sum up I can say that teenagers have great knowledge in many fields of study, so they can also teach
the people of older generation and their classmates and friends