{"id":10922,"date":"2015-04-28T11:40:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T16:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10922"},"modified":"2015-05-08T11:04:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T16:04:46","slug":"listening-to-music-in-class-privilege-or-expectation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10922","title":{"rendered":"Listening to Music in Class: Privilege or Expectation?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Music can be listened to through\u00a0 phones, computers, or any other electronic devices.
Photo Contributed By: Taylor Drake<\/p><\/div>\n

By Emma Daniels<\/em><\/p>\n

One could claim that music helps him\/her concentrate and focus better on his\/her tasks in class. Teachers might not always have the same point of view. Students and teachers have debated\u00a0over whether music is a privilege or an expectation.<\/p>\n

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Sophomore Christopher Milton says that \u201cmusic allows me to work more efficiently.\u201d Freshman Brenna Sullivan says that \u201cit helps my mind to stay in one place.\u201d With music helping students stay on task and work efficiently, teachers are limiting music in their classrooms. Milton said, \u201cthe majority of my teachers do not let me listen to music in class.\u201d Sophomore Danielle LaFaive says that it \u201cdepends on what is happening in class\u201d whether or not they can listen to music. Sophomore Chris Giles says that his teachers make the class \u201cearn their music privilege.\u201d Giles said that he can only listen to music \u201cwhen we (as a class) are not talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freshman Jose Figueroa said that it \u201cmakes the whole class seem longer and makes me kind of stressed out.\u201d Students becoming stressed out without music can hurt their performance in class. Milton says that \u201cnot being allowed to listen to music in class doesn’t really effect me because the ability to play music in class is a privilege.\u201d While students think that listening to music during class is expected, others see music as a privilege, like Milton.<\/p>\n

Students are starting to see the justifications a teacher has to not allowing music in their classroom. Junior Alyssa Shortt says that teachers think that music is \u201cmore of a distraction than a helping tool.\u201d Sophomore Cole Holiday said that \u201cstudents would be able to listen to music if they respect the privilege. The teachers should have to tell you to take [headphones] out once and there would be no problems.\u201d Shortt and Holiday believe that the students should be responsible with the music and use it to their advantage, not as a distraction. Though, Figueroa says, \u201dIt’s their [the teacher\u2019s] classroom. Their rules. We should respect that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Students listening to music in class.
Photo By: Emma Daniels<\/p><\/div>\n

While teachers have several justifications for not allowing music in their classrooms, students have found their own reasons for listening to music in class. Freshman Kiley Butler says, \u201cmusic helps me focus better.\u201d While LaFaive says, \u201cDuring tests, I like to put on some piano music and that helps me focus a lot better on the questions and I tend to \u00a0get a better grade.\u201d So, Butler and LaFaive both claim that music helps them focus better. LaFaive also states that music can help her get a better grade on a test.<\/p>\n

Teachers and students alike are justified for either listening to music, or not, in class. Both teachers and students claim to respect each other. Butler says that she will always respect her teachers, but it \u201cwould make me pretty mad if I couldn\u2019t listen to music because it helps me concentrate.\u201d With teachers and students respecting each other and the requests of each other, the controversy between music being a privilege or an expectation seems to be unneeded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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