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A quiet science teacher is believed to have caused some self-inflicted ligament damage this week, giving himself permission to wildly swing the elbows at a Midnight Oil concert.
A well-known environmental activist who encourages the use of keep cups at Betoota Ponds High School, it’s understood Mr Martin Hirst (52) was spotted strutting into the classroom enthusiastically humming, after a big night watching ‘The Oils’.
Speaking to The Advocate, the teacher, who recently lead a school excursion to teach middle-graders about the environmental destruction of Betoota wetlands, has supposedly had to sign up to eight weeks of physiotherapy to cure his new case of tennis elbow.
“Aha yeah it’s all good mate, I just grooved a bit too hard to the sounds of rock n’ roll,” said a sheepish Mr Hirst.
“As soon as I heard that cowbell kick start ‘Read About It’, I was off and racing, there was no stopping me!”
Students from Mr Hirst’s Year 9 Blue class also reported witnessing the popular teacher wince in pain several times throughout this lesson on the greenhouse effect and stopping mid-lecture to massage some deep heat onto his wrists.
The incident comes off the back of Midnight Oil’s current Resist Tour, which sees the beloved pub rockers bid farewell to audiences with a sold-out run of shows in venues and wineries across the country.
Speaking to veteran music promoter, Tony Wilson (55), the shows have supposedly been supported by a widely eclectic crowd.
“We’ve pretty much sold every ticket there is, everyone’s coming out of the woodwork to see Peter Garret windmill himself across the stage one final last time.”
“It’s the only show in town where you’ll see a harem pant hippie rain dance next to a Triple M tradie who has got a mining geologist on their shoulders.”
“And that’s the beautiful thing about music, it really brings us all together!”.
