You're not missing anything. You've said that there are some major differences between school and work. Those major differences are probably why remote school

You're not missing anything. You've said that there are some major differences between school and work. Those major differences are probably why remote schools are bad and remote work is good. As sibling comments have pointed out, a very important aspect of education is the socialization - to turn someone into a rounded human being. From an Aristotelian point of view this is actually pretty much the primary purpose of education. It should be obvious that socialization happens much more readily when you are in a group in person without technology intermediating everything. The assumption is by the time you're in the world of work this process has already happened.