Along with your resume, you are told to include a short summary about yourself. You would want to do your best work in this example. You say that you want to be treated like an adult. You will be given a schedule of deadlines for assignments, and will not be reminded periodically as a due date approaches. I've shown that the advantages of participating in an online class outweigh the disadvantages, particularly based on the needs of the student.
Flexibility is the cornerstone of the concept.
If happy students are likely to be effective students, it's reasonable also to conclude that happy teachers are likely to be objective teachers. Our culture is no longer a state or national culture, but a world culture. Our society operates on a 24x7 clock. To declare that people are always available is a truism, but in a virtual sense. If you need to convey a message to someone in our modern society, you can do so in your unique style, at any time, provided you both have access to email.