A computer science teacher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that the only way to get the attention of his students was by slipping into Spider-Man’s costume during the classes. The 26-year-old Mexican Moises Vazquez said that he was inspired to wear the ‘spidey suit’ after he found out that Peter Parker, whose alter ego is Spider-Man, was also a science teacher. In an attempt to make money Peter, apart from being a freelance photographer, had become the science teacher at Midtown High, the same school where he had studied.
Moises Vazquez, 26, known as Spider-Moy, a computer science teaching assistant at the Faculty of Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), teaches dressed as a comic superhero Spider-Man at the university in Mexico City, Mexico, May 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
“I do the same job as anyone else. I don’t think it’s the best class in the world because I put on a suit. But I assure you I want to be the most honest and dedicated there is. I just want to make the classroom a better place,” he said.
Vazquez’s family had initially expressed concern that pretending to be Spider-Man could hurt his career. A year has passed and his ‘unusual’ teaching technique is yet to receive flak from the students as well as other teachers. “Obviously they reacted with surprise, but they were happy too. Everyone was smiling at me,” said Vasquez.
Vasquez can be seen dressed up as the Avenger even when he leaves his house in eastern Mexico City and travels to his university. Of course, the people commuting with him assume that the outfit is a part of a film shoot.
Moises Vazquez, 26, known as Spider-Moy, a computer science teaching assistant at the Faculty of Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), who teaches dressed as a comic superhero Spider-Man, travels on a subway on his way to work in Mexico City, Mexico, May 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
