Dancing English teacher goes viral

A video of a teacher from Pretoria Girls High School has gone viral, accumulating 10.2 million views.

@mihle.za

best teacher in the world😭🙏🏽#fyp

♬ Salary Salary – Robot Boii & Mellow & Sleazy & Soul Revolver

The woman who posted the viral video, @minhle.za, told Rekord that she did not expect the video to go viral. “When I posted the video, it was just for fun.

“I was shocked but happy because of how sweet the comments were.

“I didn’t realise how much of an impact it had made until it was trending on all social media platforms, and even on the news.”

The video shows the teacher, known as Mrs Bullock, dancing to “Salary Salary” by Robot Boii, Mellow, Sleazy, and Soul Revolver.

Comments on the post celebrate Mrs Bullock for the positivity she spread and the way she, as a teacher, spends time connecting with the youth she teaches.

One commenter, @Zamazing, said “I would be an astronaut today if [Mrs Bullock] taught me in high school”

Another, @dcphilly75, said, “what a beautiful world we would live in if we all grew up with teachers like her”.

@Von87 said, “Life would have turned out so different if my teachers vibed this hard”.

Dancing is not new for Mrs Bullock, an English teacher at the school. As early as April 2020, she has been posting dance videos on TikTok at @deemrsbee, with her lowest-viewed post receiving 70 000 views.

@deemrsbee

Me, again ✌🏻 #fyp #mzansicomedy #tiktoksa

♬ Mpolaye – Dlala Regal

Not everyone sees the positive side of the post, however. One user, @Bantu_woman, points out that media houses have shared the video, praising the teacher from a school that had a controversial uniform policy in 2016. The school has since taken steps to include natural hairstyles in its uniform policy.

@bantu_woman

Replying to @Justice Sokhela provide me with a article that talks about black teachers unifying mzansi with a mediocre dance, but again nothing is ever that deep #girlshighschool #salarysalarychallenge #fyp

♬ Thongo Lami – Mnqobi Yazo

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