Whenever I’m at my part-time job, I work drive-thru and wear a headset. There have been countless times when if I’m not the one communicating with the customers, my partner has trouble hearing what’s being said. I find it comical because I can usually tell what’s being said, even if people are mumbling. I’ve always wondered why I’ve just been better at “hearing” than a lot of the people that I work with. I’ve had people say, “How could you understand that?” I recently watched Dr. Nina Kraus’ seminar at the SoundHealth 2018 conference titled “Music and the Mind.” Based on her study, children who are exposed to music or learn music often have better language, reading, and hearing skills. She states that musicians are more likely to hear conversations well in environments that would usually inhibit others' hearing capabilities. This is also due largely to the fact that music helps build a healthy brain. A lot of people would be skeptical and ask, “How?” Children who have developmental language disorders are likely to have difficulty with sound processing, which is what causes the difficulty with their speech and language. The way the brain processes most everything is through sound. We process sound quicker than the neurons our brain sets off. Sound processing is one of the best ways to exercise our brains so that they’re healthy. Where am I going with this, you ask? Music education is so important to the development of our children and youth!! I’ve been told countless times that my career choice is trivial, "I’ll never amount to anything", or that it’s a waste of time. I will never apologize for making this choice to not only teach children but to share music with them that will last them a lifetime in heart and mind.