Axel from Love Island tempts students with math

“Come here for Axel for sure,” a group of laughing girls asked the reporter without asking. Axel is the talk of the town in the school corridors. And it’s no higher math that they also looked into the teacher’s room at the beginning of this month. Team captain Roberto Bunguel laughs: “The teachers were on the front line to hear what’s coming for the new teammates.”

Axel is, to say the least, a striking appearance within the profession. In addition to being a math teacher, he is a personal trainer and model. Several muscular photos can be seen on his Instagram page. Not to mention his participation on Love Island Dating in 2020.

Math is back on the map? “You say it,” Axel says humbly. After much insistence, he admits: “In class you sometimes notice that the hand goes up a lot. So it’s always a bonus,” he says, with an unmistakable Flemish “g”. It is also checked occasionally in the lobby. “Then they ask if this boy is from Love Island. You get used to it quickly.”

Some girls listen carefully to the lesson about fractions and percentages on Monday afternoon. “Of course I do my best,” says one student. She admits “I always finish my homework. Yes, he’s so handsome.”

And some pictures of a swimsuit didn’t stop Pius X from dragging his math teacher. “We are a school that tries to make everything possible,” says Bangwill. “Our school has room for everyone.” Axel adds, “It’s important to have a hobby alongside your work. Students think modeling is natural.”

Let’s be honest: It’s a different thing than a teacher wearing a specific T-shirt. Axl: “Who knows, maybe I’ll wear it in 25 years,” he laughs. “Fortunately, I’m a lot younger now. This should be the profession too.”

After Love Island, he found it especially important to “seduce” young people to commit themselves to mathematics. “If I, as a younger teacher, connect better with their experience, that’s just great.”