Student Relationships Online by Karl Kjer Of course there are many misconceptions about what actually happens when a student attends an online school. As a person that has attended both a traditional school and a online school for my degrees it is easy to see the differences in how students and professors interact. There are the obvious responses about seeing them face to face, but in my experience each individual student dictates the relationship with the teacher no matter how they are attending school. This article will take a look at how the relationship differs when you attend an online school versus a traditional school.