By Calista Oyeoba / Posted November 28, 2024
Music has long been acknowledged as a universal language, capable of evoking emotions, inspiring creativity, and influencing behavior. For students, musicians can be a significant impact on students’ behavior by being a source of inspiration, motivation, and guidance. However, the impact of musicians on student behavior can be both positive and negative.
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Musicians can have a profoundly positive impact on student behavior in several ways. They can inspire students to explore their creative side, whether through music, art, or writing. In a positive sense, they can show how students to express themselves authentically, helping to build confidence and self-esteem.
Over the years, music has been a veritable platform to raise awareness about social issues, promoting empathy, advocacy and understanding in the society. By their work and lifestyle, musicians can inspire in students the virtues of hard work and perseverance amidst challenges, sharing their own stories of struggles before success.
While musicians can have a positive impact on students’ behavior, they can also have negative influences Some musicians may display aberrant and unhealthy conduct, such as substance abuse or uncivilized behavior, which can be detrimental to students’ appropriation of accepted societal norms that can affect their physical and mental health.
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Musicians may use lyrics or videos to objectify or degrade others, encouraging negative attitudes and behaviors. Some have been known to flaunt their wealth and material possessions, creating unrealistic expectations that can direct a student’s thought in the wrong direction. Others have expressed sexist disposition that explicitly undermines moral standards. promoting a focus on materialism.
Some musicians, through a deliberate sanity-altering genre of communication, promote rebellion or nonconformity without a positive or constructive purpose, potentially leading to destructive behavior.
It is therefore imperative that musicians understand that they are role models whose actions are being mirrored and copied by students and young adults. This puts an onerous responsibility upon them to use their platform positively, by promoting positive values, such as empathy, self-expression, and perseverance. This way, they can inspire students to become better versions of themselves.
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Music preference is important to student’s mental assimilation. It has been proven that a human being can store more words and subjects in mind through musical recitation. That’s why it is important for Parents and reputable musicians to encourage wholesome musical experience that can inculcate the right values on students. One of the ways to achieve this, is by engaging with students about the music they listen to and the musicians they admire, which will prove invaluable in developing critical thinking disposition and help them to make informed choices about the music they consume.
In conclusion, musicians can have a significant impact on students’ behavior, both positively and negatively. By promoting positive values and using their platform responsibly, they can inspire students to become better citizens of the larger society. Without doubt, parents ultimately can direct the young adaptive minds of students to embrace ideals that promotes societal inclusiveness through constant evaluation of musical choices.
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NOTE: This story was researched and written by Calista Onyeoba.
Calista is on internship at DDNEWSONLINE.COM from the Department of Mass Communication, Ekocity Polytechnic, Lagos.