Scot Pankey, who teaches adolescents at a secondary school in Dallas, is unquestionably skilled at establishing a connection with his pupils. In the year 2015, Mr. Pankey discovered that his pupils were spending a significant amount of time viewing videos on YouTube. A choreographed dance piece to the tune of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk,” which includes Bruno Mars on vocals, was the project that this ingenious instructor came up with for the whole class to participate in.
At the beginning of the brief video footage, he is shown sitting at his desk and seeming as if he would rather be someplace else. Suddenly, music begins to play, and he gets enthusiastic enough to begin dancing, as reported on this page by the BBC.
It is certain that Mr. Pankey has a few moves, and as of this moment, the video has been seen by more than 14 million people, including Bruno Mars, who said on the internet:
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the production of this film; I found myself crying at the very end.
The next year, Mr. Pankey and his students created an even more polished video, which used Andy Grammer’s song “Good Day to be Alive.” This video was able to garner an even larger audience than the previous year.