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Morning Jam Session

Waking up for school is always going to be a struggle. But when it comes to making the trek to school, students find ways to ease the  despair. One imperative source is listening to music. This helps distract high schoolers from fact they were heading to school and sets the mood for the day.

The flow of any school day very well depends on how their mornings before school went. And for Blair Gould ’15 she lives by this everyday, by jamming out before another day at Staples High School.

“I don’t like silence, I pretty much always have music playing,” Gould said.

Also without music, Gould wouldn’t have a song stuck in her head for the valuable self entertainment which is key during the low parts of the school day. “ I think like the first song you hear in the day gets stuck in your head for the rest of the day so like if you listen to a pump up song it pumps you up throughout the day,” Gould said.

On the other hand, Brian MacCordy ’17 takes a different path when listening to music before school. Instead of it pumping him up, music has more of a therapeutic element that helps him get ready for school. “It relaxes me, clears my mind, and makes me not worry as much about the day ahead, putting me in a better mood.”

Two different ways of using the music, but are both effective.

Colby Siegel ’16 is a fan of early morning toons as well. She has a specific taste of music for that time of day. “I like alternative because it’s my favorite genre so it wakes me up.”

Artists that Siegel enjoys are: The Naked and Famous, Passion Pit,  Milky Chance.

However Students prep themselves to get school, it seems like music is a big help for those who try to drive through the school day. Whether they are trying to focus or distract themselves throughout the school day at Staples.

 

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Ben Foster, Staff Writer
Benjamin Foster ’16 and his older brother, Jonathan, are similar in many ways. They both love baseball, especially the Mets. They both respect each other. And they both run. Foster’s brother actually suggested that he try indoor track and cross country and Foster has enjoyed it. Now, he added outdoor track to the list as well. The best part of running at Staples, according to Foster, is the people. “[Friends] makes it more enjoyable,” Foster said. “When you’re talking on runs, the runs go by faster,” he added. But Foster and his older brother are also different in many ways. While his brother is the math and science type, Foster prefers anything involving writing and social studies classes. His passion for writing is what drew him to journalism. In his Intro to Journalism class last year, Foster worked with the TV production class to make a video about a game that he and his friends created, during their period four free, called “PFFFL,” or the Period Four Flick Football League. In this game, Foster explained, a piece of notebook paper is folded up into a triangle, then a player flicks it across the table, and if it goes over the edge of the table but doesn’t fall off, the player earns points. Foster enjoyed Intro to Journalism so much that he decided to take his love for writing to the next level by joining Inklings this year. He hopes that writing for Inklings will help to alleviate the writer’s block that he sometimes experiences. “I joined inklings to be a better writer. I figured, why not?” Foster said.

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