In India, teachers who work in education technology (or ed-tech) come up with fun ways to help their students learn tough subjects. They often use popular Bollywood songs and catchy Hindi phrases to make learning easier and more enjoyable. This unique style sometimes goes viral on social media, making people laugh and applaud the creativity.
In one recent video, a teacher from a famous ed-tech platform called Physics Wallah is shown trying to explain a tricky chemistry topic called chirality. Chirality is when a molecule or object cannot be placed over its mirror image, no matter how you twist or turn it.
While explaining how a certain chemical compound looks, the teacher had a hard time showing how it rotates. To fix this, he decided to become the molecule himself! In the video, he gets down on his hands and knees and shows how to move like the molecule would. He even tells his students, “Imagine my head is the COOH group,” as he stretches out his arms and legs. He cleverly connects chemistry with yoga by saying, “Now when I turn, my right will become left and left will become right.”
The video was shared online by a user who called it “absolute cinema.” People had mixed reactions. Some thought the teacher was very passionate, while others suggested he could have used models or 3D images instead of demonstrating with his body. A lot of comments mentioned he was teaching in a very unique way, which was called “bhayankar padhai,” meaning intense learning.
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