Musi Music Influence

As my favorite songs, like Leader of the Pack and the End of the World, woosh through my ears and into my brain, I automatically start singing along and can’t concentrate on my English Essay, that is due the next day. With great regret and a large sigh, I take my earbuds out of my ears and, like a good child, set them aside. If I listen to music while studying, reading, or taking a test I can not concentrate on the words on the page and instead focus on the words in the song that I am playing. If I can disengage my mind from my work, which is very easy for me, then the music doesn’t bother me, but I don’t learn the information, as well, if I do that. If I’m copying something down, listening to music doesn’t affect me, other than I don’t process the information I’m copying. If I am writing something and listening to music, I will sometimes write what I’m hearing instead of what I’m thinking, only sometimes though. One of the only times that I can listen to music in school is while I’m doing math. As some of the articles said, this is because math doesn’t use the language part of your brain. Listening to …show more content…
When I hear music, even without lyrics, I want to hum, whistle, or sing along (or just get up and dance like a crazy person). Instead of focusing on memorizing the material I’m studying, I memorize the music instead. Which for some twisted reason is always easier than memorizing anything in school. One of the articles said that “...there have also been several studies that have shown that music can actually have negative impacts on your studying effectiveness — particularly when it comes to memorizing something in order.” I agree with this because studying while listening to music is like trying to talk on the phone, walk, chew gum, and listen to your friend that is standing beside you, jabbering in your ear all at the same time. Music does not help me while trying to