Teacher raps class into young minds
Published: April 18, 2006
Dressed in a white shirt with a neatly knotted dark tie and a pen in his pocket, I.C. Norcom High School science teacher Daron Moore appears rather scholarly, almost nerdy.
Then he breaks into what he calls “the physics rap.”
“Physics phun, ICN class No. 1, coming at you fast like a bullet from a gun,” he rhymes. “But don’t run, cuz you gotta stand and face the challenge. Understand how Newton’s laws keep the whole world in balance.”
Mr. Moore, who goes by the entertainment name “The Tcha,” also has a gospel rap CD, not-so-coincidentally called “The Formula.”
But the formula he’s talking about is not found in a textbook. Mr. Moore says on the CD cover the formula is: U+J=L (infinity); or you plus Jesus equals infinite life.
Mr. Moore, 30, produced 1,000 copies of the CD and distributed about 700 of them. He gave away some and others he sold under his Reformation Records label.
Beyond telling students that physics is cool, he said, the music shows a wider audience alternatives to the violence, sexism and a lack of creativity that plays out daily on television, the radio and in communities.
On Friday nights, he sings gospel rap to youths at the Sanctuary of Hope Urban Outreach Center’s hip-hop night, called Da Jump Off.
About 30 youths are in a group that meets every week at the church.
Mr. Moore’s expertise and support is welcome, said Adrian Worth, the center’s director of teen services.
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