Massachusetts Journal

Massachusetts houses many of the most prestigious universities in the world. With MIT and Harvard at Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts also is where universities such as Boston University, Tufts University, and the University of Boston-Amherst. Massachusetts also holds various education-related conferences, such as the Nerallt conference of 2018 at BU and the Boston cybersecurity conference 2018. Massachusetts was also rated number one on the nationwide best education for Pre-k to 12, also ranking number 8 for higher education, according to US News. In 1993, Massachusetts governor William Well declared "A good education in a safe environment is the magic wand that brings opportunity." He said this during the signing a law that gave a lot of budget to the state's school funding system. This kickstarted Massachusetts' primary education system, offering many kids from low-income families an education. through the education Massachusetts has to offer, it developed many notable alumni, such as Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Former presidents JFK, Barack Obama, John Adams, and George W.Bush, or Celebrities, such as Natalie Portman, Matt Damon, Conan O'Brien, and Jeremy Lin. Through the Education system, Massachusetts developed many influential figures in both modern day society, the past, and the eventually the future. It's the people like them who inspired Zheyuan to enroll in Massachusetts schools. 
 
Massachusetts also helped developed many genres of music. a Bostoner, Lowell Mason was one of the earliest influencers of music in the United States. He strived for basic courses of standard Notation. He strived for change, along with local institutions to popularize collections of Hymns. A lot of musicians that are a part of the American folk music revival also have to do with Massachusetts. John Baez, James Taylor, and Paul Clayton also have ties with the state, either born there or developed their career there. A rock figure, The barbarians formed their group on Cape Cod, a cod that goes out into the Atlantic and goes into southeastern Massachusetts. Massachusetts also developed Alternative rock legends, Sebadoh and Dinosaur JR. Massachusetts has many more notable music figures, and it's still moving forward. THere were street artists playing casually on the streets and they had some of the best rock songs we've ever heard. In R&B, Roxbury, MA also developed groups like G clef and New Edition. Although they aren't in our era, Zheyuan's parents said that they enjoyed their music as kids.