Some kids tent to make disruptions during class, annoying the teacher and the students, but if they had Spotify available to them, they might not disrupt the class every minute. Some kids need calming music to help them with tests, or stressful projects, and teachers playing one song to the whole class won’t help cause different kids have different music tastes. They’ll still disrupt the class even if a teacher is playing music, they need their own music. At the very least, the teacher could let kids listen to music when a stressful project or test is happening, that way, it calms their nerves. Giving kids Spotify might also decrease the amount of talking in classes overall. If they have their own music available to them, they could focus more on whatever they’re working on, instead of taking to their friends at max volume. For the kids who don’t disrupt the class, they just need music to drown out the kids who talk all the time, this can help entire classrooms if it were implemented.

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https://sites.utexas.edu/think-twice/2022/10/07/does-listening-to-classical-music-improve-academic-performance/#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20study%20published,their%20peers%20who%20did%20not.

TAKE ACTION:

If you’re a teacher, let your kids use Spotify, if you’re a kid, send this to your teacher