Writing Feedback / People listen to music for different reasons at different times [2]

People listen to music for different reasons at different times. Why is music important to many people? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.

Nowadays, more than half the population on earth enjoy listening to music and making music. There are also a lot of people who take music as their professions, like singers, musicians, and dancers. Why is this so? Music has a lot of positive effects on people, that can even completely change the lives of people. Music can soothe the minds of people, give hope to others, and some people listen to music as a form of entertainment.

After the two world wars, there were countless people who got traumatized by everything they saw and heard. Some people even went crazy after this. After World War 2, people started using music as a form of healing. A lot of music therapists let the traumatized people listen to soothing and calm music to give them peace at heart. There is no evidence that it is effective, but a lot of people recovered from their psychologically affected minds through music.

Music can also give hope to people. Some songs have nice lyrics, but some have really bad ones. Nice lyrics can make people who have lost their hopes gain them back again by telling them that anything is possible. There is a Korean song entitled "A Goose's Dream" and the lyrics is about a goose that is being teased and talked about because it cannot fly, but the goose is saying that one day it is going to show the world that it can fly across the wall and to the sky. This song has been in the top chart for a lot of weeks because the lyrics give hope to a lot of people.

People like me listen and make music just for fun. I play the piano as a hobby when I am bored and I listen to music every day before and after going to school. Most of the time, I play the songs I listen to and I feel the happiness by being able to play them. Honestly, I cannot imagine life without music.

As a conclusion, I can say that people listen to music mainly because it can pacify them, give hope to them, and as a hobby. There are a lot of people who even make music their profession. That is how much music is important to people nowadays.

Undergraduate / Math has always been my strength ; UA&P [14]

As a part of the top ten of the graduating batch of my school, I may be thought of as a student who just studies all day. The truth is that I am the complete opposite. I am an outgoing and active student. I really do everything that a normal teen can do. I love playing different instruments such as the piano, which I have been playing for eleven years, the flute, and the guitar. I also enjoy dancing and swimming.

Math has always been my strength since I was in first grade. I have joined several competitions in math, and I never failed to get the highest grade in math. Math is my pride. I do not know how I will do in a prestigious university like UA&P, but I know that I will always do my best for this subject, not just for the sake of getting good grades, but also because I really love it. Another strength of mine is music. I started playing the piano when I was four, and now I can play a song by merely hearing it. I know that this talent is not common, and I hope that I can use this talent wisely in your university.

In the near future, I intend to be an accountant of America. I chose UA&P because I know that it is acknowledged not only in the Philippines, but also in the world. Granting me a chance to study in your university would be an honor.

The maximum number of words is 250, and this essay is exactly 250.

Undergraduate / "Customers are always right" OR"Teachers are always right"; Ateneo Application Essay [4]

I did this much but I don't really know how to continue it..

I learned and I believe that "Customers are always right.", but it seems like it is not in consonance with the fact that "Teachers are always right." Because of an encounter with a teacher when I was in elementary, my perception of teachers being always right suddenly collapsed. I studied and worked so hard to achieve my goal, and everything just broke down when I got a really low score in one subject because of the wrong correction by the teacher. This incident changed me significantly both in my character and in my academic standing.

First and foremost, I was a consistent honor student since I started studying. I accelerated when I was in pre-school, and I joined a lot of competitions, especially in Math, during my primary years. My line of joining competitions cut when I transferred to my current school, since the school did not join any competitions. This did not stop me from striving hard. As soon as I transferred to this school, I showed my classmates, teachers, and parents that I can do even better than I did before. I memorized more than what was needed and I studied every day after school. Basically, I was a very diligent student. Out of all the subjects, my pride has always been on the subject Mathematics because I enjoyed and loved the subject since I was a kid. I could not and still cannot bear it if I get a low score in this subject.

I just suddenly realized that I wanted recognition for what I was doing. So I set my goal to be up in the stage during the commencement exercises, and be part of the top 3 students who will be recognized. I began even striving harder to reach my goal, and I believed that I can do it. I already had the confidence that I will achieve my goal when everything just broke down. This was when my teacher had a mistake checking our quarter exams. When I asked her why my answers were wrong, she just got angry and did not accept that she was wrong. I would have let it go if it was just one or two points, but it was more than ten points. I had no choice but to ask her again to recheck her answer key because I was very sure that my answers were correct. I had the greatest evidence: the book that we were using that time. She still did not accept it, and she ended up not correcting it. My grade in that subject went lower by five points that made a huge difference in my general average. This caused me to go down in rank in that final year.

It was also my fault that I did not join extra-curricular activities that was a 30 percent of the criteria in deciding the honor students, but if I just retained my grades, I would have been at least top because my grades were really higher than the one who got my place.