The Importance of Providing the Best Learning Condition Through Online Public Schooling for ADD/ADHD StudentsAlbert Einstein once said, “I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn� (King p. 126). For the ADD/ADHD student, providing the best learning condition is often overwhelming and seems impossible to achieve. Online public schooling is a solution to meeting this type of student’s educational needs. An online education addresses an ADD student’s need for a more individualized, self-paced/flexible learning experience. Organizational skills are easier to manage in an online system. The community of learners, who have the same interests as the student, is broadened to include the world and not limited to a small classroom.Teachers state that “ADD students, who have difficulty learning in a traditional classroom, often do better in a setting that provides them with a more individualized, self-paced and flexible learning experience.�(Schwartz) Online public education is one way to provide this type of experience.
