![Run Like The Wind! Maddox Murry (8th) runs at a cross country meet on September 25. He ran his hardest, and just locked in, just like at every meet. “My brain just stops and my body just operates itself and somehow navigates [itself] like autopilot,” Murry said.](https://mmsrewind.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-26-11.35.51-AM.png)
8th grader Archer Falwer said that school should allow students to listen to music because it helps them do work and homework, and scientists have said that music can make people calmer while working. However, many people said that music greatly affects them by helping them stay calm.
8th grader Amya Jones said, “Music can be good at most times, but sometimes it can be distracting depending on the type of music it is.” As studies suggest, the music students listen to allows them to concentrate more, and their brains become more structured and function better over time.
Band teacher Mr. Qualls said, “It’s proven that music can improve you mentally and can make you a better person through music. It was scientifically proven that music can affect your brain. Scientists did a before-and-after study showing how listening to music makes your brain more structurally and functionally developed.”
