This essay was written by a Just English student some time ago, and it is without doubt one of my favorite essays. It is also a good example of what you can do with a lot of practice and time. To begin with the student started her life as a TOEFL student averaging 2 points and finished the course averaging 4 points (she acually got 5 points for this essay). There are many reasons as to why I like this essay; to begin with it is well organized and well balanced. She has argued some good points and balanced them out with good examples (although they are not what I would consider traditional examples. Generally I would advice against the use of academic examples such as surveys and research, but here she has managed to pull it off). It is also obvious that she has corrected many of her the grammatical mistakes and although the structures used may appear on the basic side they are nonetheless used correctly.

People listen to music for different reasons and at different times. Why is music important to many people? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.

Over the last 50 years or so, listening to music for different reasons and at different times has become so important for people's lives. People from all over the world listen to different types of music, like rock, pop, jazz. However, listening to music is important to many people for two very different specific reasons

The first reason as to why listening to music is important to many people is that of human health. The listener can create whatever image he or she wants to when listening to music. By listening to music one can start their day and gets the brain flowing in the morning. This is an essential part of life as listening to music in the morning helps you calm down whenever things go wrong in the day. Thousands of people, for example, are treated for cancer each year, and recovering from serious procedures can be painful. However, studies show that music eases the recovery of individuals who have undergone bone marrow transplants to treat cancer. Also, research supports the use of music to modulate heart rate and blood pressure which can relieve stress symptoms in patients with heart disease.

The second reason as to why listening to music is important to many people is that of educating children. Music helps the mind to develop and grow. It is a proven fact that participating in a music program in school will help develop your brain to a higher level and faster than other students. Music actually improves communication between the right and left brain, allowing you to gain better comprehension and memorization skills, for example. Music is science. It is exact and demands accustics. Music is math. It is based on the rythmic subdivisions of time done in a split second. Music is history. The music you hear or play is usually an indication of the time and environment in which it was created. Music is a foreign language. The music is not any language known to man. It is its own language and uses symbols to represent ideas. Most of all, music is art. It is the greatest form of art that allows a human to take boring notes on a page and transform them in to an emotion and feeling you can not measure.

In conclusion as I have illustrated above there are many reasons as to why listening to music is important for peoples lives and that is

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