Why Learn From Home?
Learning from home
So what are the key benefits of learning from home? Many people have discovered a number of advantages.
Learning from home.
- Allows you to work at your own pace.
- Allows you to study when and where you choose—in the dining room, the bedroom and at any time of the day and night, so you can fit your studying around your domestic commitments.
Are there any disadvantages to learning from home?
- Means that you might miss the stimulation and camaraderie of working with others in a class
- You might be tempted to skip your study periods or even find yourself studying too much!
Susannah Atkins has been learning from home for the past two years and is studying for a GCSE in Maths. This is Susannah's experience.
"I started learning from home at the end of 2003, when my second child went to school. I had been a full time mum up until this point and I knew I needed to retrain to get back into the job market. I had always wanted to be a teacher but I failed my GCSE Maths at school. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand the subject, it was just that I wasn’t able to pick things up quite as quickly as some of the brighter ones in the class. Learning from home means I can work through the study pack at my own pace and don’t have to worry about being left behind. I’m actually beginning to quite enjoy it. And if I pass my examination in June I’ll be able to apply for teacher training college.”