Guillermo Duque Medina began as a substitute teacher at a school in Madrid, and the students were so happy in his classes that their parents signed a petition to have him join the school's teaching staff. What was the key to success? Bringing his guitar to class and explaining the educational content with songs.
The 27-year-old is not only loved by his students, ages 5 and 6, but has also become a "viral teacher" on social media: in a conversation with TN, he said that a month ago he had 4,000 followers on Instagram and now has more than 26,500.
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“I feel very embarrassed about all this exposure that I didn't imagine, but I feel that it is positive because I know that there are other teachers who are singing my songs in their classes, and Music is helping the kids learn", said Duque Medina.
In the classroom, the teacher explains at full speed how to use capital letters, which are the planets in the solar system and which numbers are even and odd; but also On his YouTube channel he makes “educational reggaeton” so that high school students can learn who Isabel II and Felipe VII are with the music of Rosalía, Quevedo or Bizarrap.
“On social media, I'm uploading songs I've already made and others that emerge as we progress with the content. My goal is not to teach music, but to bring music into the classroom, to make it another tool for studying, like computers.", he explained to TN.
Guillermo Duque Medina emphasized that he always received "positive messages" from his colleagues and that he loves that they use his materials. "As long as we all contribute and move forward, it's better. Teachers have to have a vocation, and music, theater, and storytelling help children gain more tools for development." You open a different world for them to develop.", he said.
"There are many children who learned through songs instead of memorizing, memorizing, and memorizing. They may learn more or less, but if they don't come to my class happy, it's because I didn't do my job well," he said.
Guillermo says that his thing is “little songs made into lessons,” and that everything he does is for “the 25 children who are watching expectantly” to find out when he is going to pick up the guitar in class.
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The professor confessed that when he entered the world of social media, he was focused on the number of followers, but a friend's comment changed his perspective.
“If one of your songs has reached your children, you have already done your job,” he told me, “and now It makes me happy to hear that suddenly while they are doing some activity they hum or whisper some little piece of a song.", he explained.
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