From college to the stage: how a teacher from Tarez became a stand-up comedian During the day, Alexander Adam teaches students welding, and in the evening he goes on stage with his jokes. He has been working as a teacher in Tarez for eight years, and for the last four years he has been combining teaching with stand-up. It all started with a random trip to a local comedians show. Soon Alexander himself decided to go out into the audience, and today stories from the college often become the basis of his monologues. How humor helps to find a common language with students, what pedagogy teaches on stage and why making the audience laugh is sometimes more difficult than conducting a lesson - with the material.

From college to the stage: how a teacher from Tarez became a stand-up comedian During the day, Alexander Adam teaches students welding, and in the evening he goes on stage with his jokes. He has been working as a teacher in Tarez for eight years, and for the last four years he has been combining teaching with stand-up. It all started with a random trip to a local comedians show. Soon Alexander himself decided to go out into the audience, and today stories from the college often become the basis of his monologues. How humor helps to find a common language with students, what pedagogy teaches on stage and why making the audience laugh is sometimes more difficult than conducting a lesson - with the material.