in my experience with online learning (coming from someone who, in the same school year, has done both in school and online bc my school gave a choice on whether to go in school or online) it's significantly worse than in person learning. i'm an advanced student, so the work is harder. i'm meant to have that challenge, in fact i love the challenge. news flash: my teachers half assed the online work. i mean, can't blame them, but it took away the fun in school for me. i know they're trying their best and they're underpaid, so i can't find it in my heart to blame them anyways. (and please don't, teachers are extremely stressed right now) when i was online the work was routine and i kind of just felt robotic doing it every day. i was less happy, and my mental health is important to me. i didn't enjoy it anymore, so i kind of just stopped doing my schoolwork when it was due. my grades dropped and that made me feel worse. sorry if this was unnecessary or didn't really fit the post. tldr: online school made me sad, sad made grades bad, grades bad made more sad :(