Georgia High School Teachers’ Back-To-School Rap About Virtual Learning Goes Viral

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Callie Evans is a teacher and cheerleading coach at Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, Ga. She and her colleague Audri Williams rapped about virtual learning and the COVID-19 pandemic in popular music videos on Instagram.

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Evans posted her video the day before high school classes resumed on Aug. 17, in the hopes of raising students’ spirits about virtual learning.

«With all the uncertainty these past few months have brought, I want to be able to get my students excited for what’s to come,» she wrote. «You all will still be great despite what we’ve been through.»

Williams told a local Fox affiliate that the video seems to have worked.

«Students are so excited to log in virtually with me and Mrs. Evans,» she said. «They are just so excited to learn, and they are actually engaging in class like they already know me, it’s a wonderful feeling.»

Both say they hope their video will encourage other teachers and students to find their own ways to make remote learning exciting. (Some have already used this technique: A high school principal in Alabama won hearts with his parody of MC Hammer’s «Can’t Touch This» earlier this month.)

And video director Jamel Overstreet shared his own lighthearted message to students on Instagram:

«If Mrs. Evans or Mrs. Williams is not your teacher, please contact your advisor.»

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