De Racker

My sister called earlier today, asking whether I had ever had classes from a mr. De Racker while attending school at the Karel de Grote-hogeschool. Well, I did. Whether I knew this guy has been on national radio now. Well, I didn't.

Turns out mr. De Racker, who was well known when I was still on that school FOR HIS HABIT OF YELLING WHILE GIVING CLASS – resulting in most of us moving rather to the back of the room – has been taped by one of his current students. Another one then took one or two phrases from the entire recording, added some ugly techno beat, and put the result online. Being quoted completely out of context like that makes him sound as a rude and unfriendly guy (especially given the fact that those two phrases are rather... offending), but in reality he's not. His habit of yelling stems from his time when he served as a colonel in the Belgian Army; but he's an excellent teacher, who understands the art of making the most complex subject matters seem simple. I wish all teachers knew how to do that.