The Top 40 Artist Who Saved my Butt in the Classroom

English class changed forever

A performance group in Madagascar. Photo by author

The first thing I learned when I started work as a teacher in Maevatanana, Madagascar was that music ruled.

My first week there, the hit “F*@k You” by Cee Lo Green blared from every possible set of stereo speakers. Malagasy people like their music loud, so no one escaped Cee Lo’s invitation for the…