| Students often find that they have a particular interest | | | | and can also offer an opportunity for a student to |
| or a special talent they want to spend time developing. | | | | participate in extracurricular activities. An actor could |
| Often, especially during high school, this creates a time | | | | conceivably be involved in clubs or a student run |
| crunch. Traditional schooling doesn't allow much | | | | newspaper through his distance learning school, |
| flexibility for students who have a particular talent or | | | | thereby creating for him a sense of community he |
| interest, such as acting. Many students who are also | | | | wouldn't be able to get otherwise. |
| actors opt for a nontraditional alternative to education | | | | A distance learning homeschool program allows a |
| and turn to a distance learning program. | | | | learning program to be tailored to the individual. An |
| Many young actors find that in order to continue both | | | | actor might find himself with six months off between |
| their work as an actor and their schooling, they need | | | | jobs and he might want to concentrate on accelerating |
| to homeschool. Because they are busy working at | | | | his studies for those six months. An actor might want |
| their craft, they look to a quality distance learning | | | | to try to condense his time in school, earning a high |
| program to help them meet their school requirements. | | | | school degree in three years instead of four. Or, if an |
| Homeschooling frees an actor from the constraints of | | | | actor is particularly busy, he may well want to slow |
| a traditional classroom. It allows the actor to follow the | | | | down his high school classes and earn a degree in five |
| ebbs and flows of his work cycle and yet maintain | | | | or six years, instead of the traditional four. The flexibility |
| progress toward high school graduation. It used to be | | | | of a distance learning homeschool program is |
| that actors would employ tutors to work with them | | | | important to many actors. |
| while they were on a set or involved in a particular | | | | A distance learning homeschool can be a great |
| show. While this is still an option, many actors prefer to | | | | educational choice for an actor. It can afford flexibility |
| rely on distance learning classes. | | | | of scheduling and in the length of time it takes to |
| In the past, actors have led isolated lives. They are | | | | complete a high school degree. It can offer an online |
| working professionals at a young age and while they | | | | community of learners the actor's own age, allowing |
| thrive in that environment, it doesn't usually offer them | | | | collaboration and communication with learners involved |
| much in the way of interaction with their peers. Having | | | | in similar situations. An online distance learning |
| a tutor can compound that problem, and can isolate | | | | homeschool can offer the structure needed by some |
| the actor even more. Distance learning homeschool | | | | actors to stay on task and to work toward completing |
| classes can offer an opportunity for an actor to be | | | | a high school degree, while continuing to work at their |
| involved with an online learning community. A distance | | | | craft. |
| learning homeschool can offer a classroom community | | | | |