By Xina Yee | Communications Coordinator
When you feel confident, it can mean feeling secure in meeting everyday challenges. Confidence helps boost your mindset into thinking "I can" instead of "I can't." Furthermore, it enables you to move forward in discovering and developing your capabilities.
ETM-LA Partner School Student Nathan shares, “Music has changed my life by helping me be more confident and more focused on schoolwork. Whenever I'm really stressed out or about to cry, I put on some good and relaxing music to just calm myself down.” His mom, Anna, went on to disclose, “Unfortunately, he did have some bullying as he was growing up, but music has definitely given him that boost; that confidence; that ‘I can do whatever I put myself to and if I want to, I can do it.’”
Building confidence at a young age is critical in helping a child try again when making mistakes. It supports being open to new challenges and nurturing a child in reaching their fullest potential. Learning music creates a safe environment and helps to level the playing field for students.
Anna proudly recalls that “[Nathan] started as a drummer, and then it kind of just escalated to playing guitar, piano, and violin. Music changed his whole life.”
“My favorite instrument to play is the electric guitar because you can play your favorite songs, and then you can learn how to play specific riffs and specific solos.” - Nathan, Student
After two years of comprehensive music learning in school, our external impact study showed that 95% of teachers reported that their students demonstrated an increase in self-confidence, and 92% of teachers reported that their students were engaged in learning more often. As a parent of a music student, Anna observes , “It brings so much joy to them. It's something that they won't notice now, but when they're older, in the future, they're going to be like, ‘I am so glad that I had a music class.’”
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