Punk

A very rare genre of music in E.I.S.

Escuela Internacional Sampedrana (E.I.S.) students are “heavily influenced by the music they hear” according to psychologist Waldina Rogel, also a mother of juinior Dennis Vallejo. Punk is one of those genres that have an effect on junior students such as junior Erick Ramirez this year. “This music has helped me realize some things I thought were unimportant” says Ramirez .

Punk influence their study because they prefer “hanging out and care more about music than studying” according to Ramirez .

Ramirez and Maria Fernanda Mejia, an 8th grade student, think of themselves as “revolutionaries” in their school because they are “different” from everybody else. “We break the normal scheme in our school” says Maria Fernanda.

Rock is “based on sounds” argues Ramirez. Punk music is deeper and based more on its lyrics than on the music, and the different bands try to express their feelings.

“Punk influences the way we act and we dress” says Ramirez an adds that “it inspires us, it make us believe in something and to dream” making it a crucial part of his life.

Maria Fernanda tells that punk is cool because “you don’t really care if you impress people.”