This Teacher's "Uptown Funk" Parody Is Perfect Motivation For Mandatory Exams

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Testing season just got a lot more fun thanks to a Texas middle school teacher and the year's most parodied song. To help her sixth grade students relax before the STAAR Test — the state-mandated State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams — McMath Middle School teacher Kelli Hauser got down with Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk."

Hauser, who goes by LadyHauza on YouTube, and her posse of teachers changed the lyrics and replicated the video of the song, singing, "This test is ice cold, it's supertough, so you've been told, this one's for the kids and teens, thinkin' machines . . . " and "STAAR Test we're gon' give it to you, STAAR Test we're gon' give it to ya. It's testing day, we've learned a lot, don't believe me just watch!"

This isn't the first time Hauser has turned to YouTube for her North Texas students. Over the past six years, she's remade Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," and LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" with lyrics reminding kids to get a good night's sleep, eat a protein-packed breakfast, and bring a snack with them on testing day.

According to Hauser, the videos are just a way for her to motivate her students a bit. "The students look forward to them and I really enjoy being silly and singing and dancing, so I just continued to make them. I always try to find a popular song at that time to remake so the students can connect to the video and enjoy it," she told the Star-Telegram.

We're not sure about you, but if our kids' teachers had this much fun with test prep, we all might actually enjoy the process a bit more!