Every day you can see students listening to music during class. Sometimes a teacher will ask them to take out their earbuds or take off their headphones. As a result of this, some students are annoyed by the fact that they can’t listen to music during class. So the question is… Should students be allowed to listen to music during class? Or should teachers continue to make the students take them out?
Many teachers can argue that students should not have their earbuds in. Many believe that they simply do not listen to the teachers and just care about their music. Sometimes during class, teachers let their students listen to music during work time. According to healthline.com, students are less stressed and are more focused while listening to music in the background of working. This may be a reason why teachers allow their students to listen during work time. But why do teachers not allow music during normal class time? This could be because they believe that students cannot hear the teacher as well while music is playing in the background. But is this belief true?
Many students think that they should be allowed to have earbuds in during class. Many students believe that they are more relaxed with music during class. Oftentimes when students have earbuds in, they can still hear the teacher talking during class. When students arrive at school, most are not excited. Many can argue that school is not a very exciting time/place. Most students believe that listening to music during class has many benefits. According to fnu, listening to music reduces anxiety. And to many studies, school can cause lots of stress and anxiety. Meaning that music can make students feel at ease while at school.
As a student, I can say that music helps students during school 100% of the time. As I speak for most, it makes us feel relaxed, at ease, happy, ect. So why do teachers want to take that away from us? Yes, they may feel that we are not listening, however, instead of yelling in front of the class, just quietly ask us to turn it down. I can understand if a student has music blasting and it is disrupting the class. However, if a student can hear the teacher, and the music is not distracting, why tell us to take our earbud out?
After many studies, I can conclude that there are both good and bad effects to listening to music during class. I believe that students should be allowed to listen to music during class. Unless there is a test, or students are being disruptive, all students should be allowed to listen to music during class.
Do you think students should be allowed to listen to music?
Does listening to music help students focus during class?
https://www.healthline.com/health/does-music-help-you-study#benefits-of-music-for-studying
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I see what you are saying. All students are affected differently to music. Some enjoy listening to it while working, others do not. Personally, I enjoy listening to music while working and studying.
I think people should be able to listen to music but the volume should be turned down a little bit and only one earbud in.
I agree. If students just have one earbud in with the volume low, I don't see a problem that it could cause. It would not cause distraction, or at least it shoulden't. Just not when the teacher is teacher. About any other time would be acceptable.
I do not think students should be able to listen to music in class. I think it's distracting. I think it would be ok in study hall though.
I can see how listening to music would be distracting. However, what if the teacher assigns an assignment for the entire class period. Do you think students should be allowed to listen to music while working on an assignment?
I think students should definitely be able to listen to music in class. However, I don't think they should be able to while the teacher is giving the lesson. They should respect the teacher and give their full attention until they have work time or until the teacher allows it. Music definitely helps me focus most of the time.
I 100% agree with you. I think that it could be distracting while the teacher is teacher. That is disrespectful. But almost any other time, I think that students should be allowed to listen to music. For example, working on an assignment.
I think that students should be allowed to listen to music during work time. I feel like it could really help and motivate them more. However, I'm not quite sure about listening to music while the teacher is talking. I think that there is just a too big risk that students aren't listening to the teacher.
I agree with you. When students are working on an assignment, they are not very motivated. But when students listen to music, students feel more motivated and less stressed. I can see why you think that many students are responsible for this. Maybe in the future?
I think we should be able to listen to music during down time in class. However, I don't think that students should have headphones in throughout the whole class period. It is important to know what we are learning during school hours, but I believe that listening to music during work time helps students focus.
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