GMAT Essays (AWA)

I picked up this question from myohmy's essay template and gave it a shot. I know I can not match up her skills but at least lemme know if this will suffice my AWA section. I wrote this in abt 20 mins. Please rate


Question:
"Despite the convenience of distance learning and online educational programs, they will never replace in-class instruction."

Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the position stated above. Support your viewpoint using reasons and examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

In class teaching has been an essence of education ever since our forefathers' time and I believe it should continue till the
existence of the human race. Today in the united states the distance learning schemes and the online tutor approach is an
everbooming industry however it will fail to mask the existence of the in class tutoring. The author statement is well directed here and as she carefully considers that distance learning is ever increasing in the 21st century united states however it still remains an addition to the in class approach.

Primarily from my personal experience being a 20th century grown up and a 21st century mature person I believe that the classroom approach or the in house tutoring approach was much more student friendly. The students were face to face with the faculty in their
day to day learning and thus any doubt that would arise could be easily be put up in the class. In the distance learing approach
and the correspondence courses these days there is little emphasis on the interaction between the tutor and the student. Although we can have net connect sessions and webcam interactions they have little benefits when compared to a physical interaction between a teacher and a student.


Secondly the distance learning is somewhat and sometimes inhibited by factors such as an internet failure or other communication gaps thatvmay arise. Also with a student several thousnd miles away from a teaching facullty and organization we can expect such things to happen. In addition to this the teaching staff may not be as inclined towards all the students as they seldom know the exact person to whom they are conducting a session. A personal interaction among teachers and students is necessary to develop interests on both the sides.


Although the distant learning scheme may have a few drawbacks it is fast replacing the in class tutoring these days. In the preparation for Competetive exams such as the LSAT, GRE etc there are many online tutoring facilities available which people can access from any part of the world. Thus this proves to be an advantage when a student say from a small town in India wants to appear for such exams and is unable to find good guidance from local facilities. Also many institutions around the world are offereing their applicants to choose distance learning programs even for masters in business administration which I believe
is a major advancement. This is given the fact that the essencee of MBA can be best experienced when the learning is combined with actual work.This can be achieved by the use of distance learning.


In sum, after weighing the author's arguement I would say that the author has definitely a point to make even though there is a lot still to be argued regarding these facts, I would still say the statement is very concrete. Whats more is that both sides of this arguement can be balanced with its contender to lead to an even better solution. This would mean the integration of the distant learning with the in class programs as per the requirements of the course and the students.