{"id":327,"date":"2005-06-13T19:11:39","date_gmt":"2005-06-13T23:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/06\/13\/that-friggin-math\/"},"modified":"2005-06-13T19:11:39","modified_gmt":"2005-06-13T23:11:39","slug":"that-friggin-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/06\/13\/that-friggin-math\/","title":{"rendered":"That Friggin&#8217; Math"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a5254'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"justify\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/swearr.jpg\" width=\"268\" height=\"214\" align=\"left\"><i> It appears that now teachers need to worry about students secretly recording them in class and releasing the results on the internet. We wish WE had a student like that &#8211; we have been trying to record and podcast our classes for months. Our latest plan was sidetracked when our new round Prizmic microphone accidentally got put through the washing machine, It&#8217;s all dried out now, but we can&#8217;t test whether it still works because we can&#8217;t put our hands on the little white adapter that plugs it into our iPod. We know it&#8217;s around somewhere. But we remain undeterred.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A sample of a math teacher swearing at his class<br \/>\n        to a techno beat has become a surprise hit on Belgian radio.<\/p>\n<p>      One of Professor Yves De Racker&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clopin.be\/archives\/2005\/06\/11\/the-racker-song\/\">students<\/a> at Karel de Grote High School<br \/>\n      in Antwerp recorded him cursing and another student created the dance mix.<\/p>\n<p>      The students emailed the track to friends and one of them emailed it on<br \/>\n      to the VRT youth radio station who played it on air, reports Het Nieuwsblad.<\/p>\n<p>      Radio presenter Peter Van de Veire dubbed it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.putfile.com\/media.php?n=Racker_Final_mix_by_Flyke\">the<br \/>\n      Racker Song<\/a> and said it<br \/>\n      got more reactions than a U2 gig.<\/p>\n<p>      He said: &quot;We were amazed by the huge response of the listeners who<br \/>\n      thought they recognised their former teacher in the Racker Song.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>      Vice dean Anne Goffin said the school could not condone Prof De Racker&#8217;s<br \/>\n      language in class.<\/p>\n<p>      However, she added: &quot;They are all big boys and sometimes it is not<br \/>\n      easy to attract their attention. Every teacher has his own way of teaching<br \/>\n      and Prof De Racker has been in the army for a long time.&quot;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ananova.com\/news\/story\/sm_1427450.html\">Ananova<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>Swearing like a syphalitic sailor &#8211; what a concept. Another useful addition to our teaching bag of tricks.<br \/>\n        Of course, coming across a story like this, combining teaching and swearing,<br \/>\n        we<br \/>\n        had to<br \/>\n        find the<br \/>\n        original.<br \/>\n        So<br \/>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.putfile.com\/media.php?n=Racker_Final_mix_by_Flyke\">here<br \/>\n        it is<\/a>. Actually, this may be a remix, as it is singularly unimpressive,<br \/>\n        both musically and in terms of obscenity (although we soeak no Belgian).<br \/>\n        When a real master starts swearing, it doesn&#8217;t matter if he or she is<br \/>\n        speaking<br \/>\n        Swahili,<br \/>\n        you KNOW<br \/>\n        you&#8217;re hearing swear words. If anone has a better example of musical<br \/>\n        swearing, please post.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that now teachers need to worry about students secretly recording them in class and releasing the results on the internet. 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