LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – Administrators at Los Alamitos High School decided to take a brave new step to announce the launch of a brand new elective course titled “Understanding the Cultural Impact of 2Slimey Screaming Over 808s.”

The semester-long class will allow students to break down the deeper meaning of bass-induced beats, screamed adlibs and the profound questions many parents have asked themselves for years: “Is this music… or is my speaker broken?”

Music now tries too hard to be perfected and polished, 2Slimey is a fresh breath of air in this industry and as an artist. He emerged like an unhinged glitch in the system. Raw, chaotic and hard to ignore, his signature screams that echoes over the thrashed 808’s. Critics will call it just “noise” but students of the newly established course will understand it better.

According to school officials, this course was developed after teachers noticed students intensely debating about the legacy of the artist 2Slimey in hallways and classrooms and even during math tests. 

“We realized students were very enamored with the subject and were engaged with the academic discourse. Instead of fighting it, we decided to lean into it. Education should meet wherever the students are, even if it is extremely loud,” said Assistant Principal Mr. Bassline.

The class will also feature a hands-on lab where students will analyze how many times a speaker can distort before completely giving up. Dr. Deci Bell, who will be leading the course, admitted the learning curve was steep.

“I tried listening to one song to prepare,” Dr. Deci Bell said. “At first I thought it was just my car stereo malfunctioning. But then I realized that was the song.”

“This is huge for us,” said Marcus “808” Morales who has been studying 2Slimey’s discography for the past four months. “People think it’s just yelling, but there’s actual layers to it. Really extremely loud layers.”

Not all of the LAHS community seems to agree with the educational value within the course; concerned parents state their case after hearing a demonstrative track during the curriculum meeting. 

“I thought that there was construction during the meeting but then they tried to tell me that was the lesson,” said a concerned parent. 

Despite the disapproval, LAHS has no intentions in removing the course from its curriculum. Administrators say the class is reflecting the commitment to staying modern to youth culture.

“If schools can teach classical composers, we can also study contemporary artists,” Mr. Bassline explained. “History once questioned jazz and rock, too.”