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I think this is an important statement because it allows individuals who are either busy with extra curiculars and also with adults who never finished high school. I also like the statement that it teaches students to become self-directed learners.

Do virtual schools force them to become self-directed learners, or do some programs just let people slide by without putting as much effort into it as you would going to actual school?

Online learning may provide the tool for students to become more self-directed learners, though its a helpful skill, but they do miss out on building relationships and social skills that are learned through the public school system.

This is important to note for adults who go back to earn their high school diploma along with a future in higher education.

This author is evaluating many different sides to this subject. With this quotes they are saying that students can earn high school and college credits which is great, but then they say that these virtual schools are going to be expensive for students. This author wants to weight the pros and cons.

This is important to note because even thought public schools are 100% free you may end up paying a lot more for an online education.

If you choose virtual school, do you still have to pay for the public school system? That may be something that those considering virtual school should take into account.

Considering the costs for the virtual programs they could cost more or about the same as a public school system because most people do not have the supplies. On a positive side it may cost less to do these programs with children depending on how much the parent is willing to spend additionally to the tuition.

This is frustrating to me because what would happen if you had been teaching for 30 years in a school district and they just decided to offer the same pay to every teacher. Now you are being paid the same as a first year teacher. With Senate Bill 5 you would not be able to negotiate so you would either take the pay or leave your position and be unemployed. How would this make you feel? Is it fair for a school district to offer something like this?

Not every teacher who has been teaching for 30 years deserves to make more than an incoming teacher - at least that's what I think. Can you think of teachers from your high school who didn't really teach? Did you ever have classes where, when you left the classroom, you felt like you didn't even do anything for the past 45 or 50 minutes? Some teachers stop caring; some don't try from the beginning. Therefore, should pay be administered based on seniority? Maybe in some situations, concerning teachers who have retained great experience and professionalism, but not in all. Are there any pros to not being able to negotiate salary?

There are two sides to this. One side is that after so many years you should get paid more. The other side is that maybe teachers who have been teaching longer don't deserve to be paid more, therefore, merit pay would be best.

Repo Man: Our main concern is that we will not be able to negotiate for our wages and this is concerning especially for those who have been working for quite awhile. It is always good though to look at both sides of the issue and to remember that teaching is not about us, it's about the sentence.

This is especially disconcerting because if we don't like our working conditions there is nothing we can do to change them.

What other information goes along with this prohibition? Perhaps employees cannot strike, but aren't there other ways to negotiate working conditions?

How is it fair for employees to have to work in conditions that are unacceptable and don't meet our expectations? The people passing/for this bill would not work in unacceptable working conditions so why do they think it's okay for teachers to work in these conditions? Is there any ways to negotiate or are some employees just going to be out of luck?

This annotation doesn't say work conditions are necessarily unacceptable. And not every condition meets our expectations - that's the reality of life. I think a great teacher is one who works wonders with what s/he has. That's the autonomy of teaching, isn't it? Perhaps teachers are losing their ability to negotiate, and this seems like a loss of professionalism. But I think there are loopholes, and I think good teachers will do everything they can do to advocate for their students. Have you ever heard of Erin Gruwell? Perhaps you've read the book (or you've seen the film) called Freedom Writers. (P.S. if you haven't, I think it's highly motivational for any teacher.) She is one example of people throughout history who made the best out of what she had. Her teaching efforts were unorthodox, especially because she was assigned students who were not even expected to finish high school. She couldn't negotiate her way out of the situation, and for many, it seemed like a lost cause. But those students graduated, and many went on to college. Isn't that amazing? Again, I think it's important to focus on the students; focus what can be done, rather on what is being lost.

People argue that conditions do not meet expectations, but others say that life is full of unachieved expectations so this can be argued both ways.

This is interesting because on ivirtual webiste it stated that there would be extra costs to those who chose virtual education.

This is important to note because not all parents have the ability to help their children with homework let alone be like a teacher to them for virtual schooling.

Aren't there some options for virtual schools that don't make the parents be teachers? Can they learn by watching a teacher live or other methods?

There may be video's for parents to watch on how to teach their children but those techniques are not always helpful to their child because the child may not meet the learned objective or goal that is set for them.

Homeschooling has many issues that people talk about anyway, so virtual schooling is even more of an issue because students do not even have to speak with their parents, it is all online. This is something that I think the author should think about.

This could be an opinion rather than a fact.

This is something important to note, however it doesn't state what the cost would be.

Is it true for all schools or just the one on this website?

This is clearly an opinion not factual.

I think that this author is using way too many opinions and not fact. I do not know how reliable this author is.

This goes along with having self-discipline for online schooling.

Some students may not need to have self-discipline for virtual schools if their parent is treating it as a homeschooling program.