{"id":2152,"date":"2023-12-18T01:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T01:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2023-12-18T01:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T01:34:43","slug":"dallas-teacher-inspires-students-by-dancing-to-uptown-funk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2152","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Teacher Inspires Students By Dancing To \u2018Uptown Funk\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scot Pankey, a secondary school educator in Dallas, certainly knows how to relate to his students. In 2015, Mr. Pankey figured out that his students spent a lot of time watching YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<p>This clever teacher came up with a project involving the entire class: a choreographed dance number to the tune of Mark Ronson\u2019s \u201cUptown Funk,\u201d which features Bruno Mars on vocals.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8702584ac091a6bc90dcfdb05b184f54_500x1-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8702584ac091a6bc90dcfdb05b184f54_500x1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8702584ac091a6bc90dcfdb05b184f54_500x1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe short clip starts off with him sitting at his desk and looking like he would rather like to be somewhere else; suddenly, music starts playing and he becomes animated enough to start dancing, as reported on here by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Pankey clearly has some moves and to date, the video has been seen by over 14 million including Bruno Mars, who wrote online:<\/p>\n<p>I cried at the end, thank you to everyone who was involved in making this video.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/85633b85e192e16078b7daf623450524_500x1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/85633b85e192e16078b7daf623450524_500x1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/85633b85e192e16078b7daf623450524_500x1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe following year, Mr. Pankey and his class produced an even slicker video, using the song \u2018Good Day to be Alive\u2019 by Andy Grammer that attracted an even bigger audience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/e996bafa648c4fd30452bfa9b4966ee7_500x1-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/e996bafa648c4fd30452bfa9b4966ee7_500x1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/e996bafa648c4fd30452bfa9b4966ee7_500x1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pass this video around so that your friends and family can be reminded of teachers who made going to school a fun and uplifting experience.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch This Teacher and His Students Perform an Entire Dance Routine to &#039;Uptown Funk&#039;\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKHUrZhjR7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scot Pankey, a secondary school educator in Dallas, certainly knows how to relate to his students. 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