Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My contention is that most students get distracted by music and social media because our current state of education is not sufficiently engaging to command their full attention.
Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do.
Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.
I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work.
I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.
Music, especially as an adolescent, helps to build identity because that's when people start developing a sense of self. You can kind of tell based on what music a person listens to what kind of person they'll be pretty much for the rest of their life.
When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music.
For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
Music is such an incredible tool for kids in general. They learn discipline; they learn how to express themselves. You learn math. You learn language. It's the ideal teaching tool, and that's why it's mind-boggling when any school superintendent decides that music is something we can kind of do without.
Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.