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Teacher Quits School To Be Rapper
Thursday 23rd February 2012 | Osh
An English teacher has quit school after deciding to try out a career in hip- hop , when he beat a student in a rap battle.
We showed you the hilarious video which has been viewed by more than 1.5 million people on Youtube.
Now Mr Grist has decided that he has more in common with Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre, and is leaving his days of Shakespeare and Chaucer behind him.
At first, he used rap in class to inspire his students with an unconventional method of learning poetry.
He said ‘I am not a cool rapper. I’m probably the squarest one you’ll meet.’
In the rap battle he smashes his teenage opponent with his superior linguistic skills.
Mr Grist is now in a group called Dead Poets, which fuses rap music with poetry and performs at venues nationwide.
