Around the world, many adults are working from home, and more children are beginning to study from home because technology has become cheaper and more accessible. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

As the improvement of web-based technology

costly

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and approachable, working or studying from home has been popular around the world.

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essay will discuss the merits and drawbacks of the home-based situation and state my perspective that the merits will outweigh the drawbacks. With regard to the advantages, there are some benefits for both individuals and

companies

. The merit for the individuals is that it allows more flexibility and agility for employers and students. They can finish their work with more choice of time,

for example

, working late at night or early in the morning, even at the weekend. The time spent on a long-distance commute can be with families or doing some routines, which can help them achieve work-life balance.

Then

for

companies

, there will be more possibilities to attract talent because the work-at-home policy can be an incentive to the good performance employer.

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schools can accept pupils even from overseas with fewer branches and lower costs, as online courses are complete and mature.

On the other hand

, there are some drawbacks to working or studying from home. The cogent one is that people have fewer opportunities to interact with others, which means they might not have the feelings of being involved in or belonging to the team or class. As an extreme consequence, people tend to feel isolated and have some mental issues.

Companies

or schools need to take some special actions to deal with

this

problem by organizing some face-to-face communications or leisure activities. Another drawback is that the online lifestyle may not be suitable for certain types of people,

such

as the employers with poor performance or the little pupils who lack

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self-discipline. It is impossible to offer the monitoring or instruction to them. There should be alternative methods of offline working or studying still maintaining. In conclusion,

this

online working or studying lifestyle is a positive improvement that can be beneficial for individuals and

companies

. And

further

actions should be taken for the people’s mental health.