Published 18:51 IST, August 22nd 2020

Hollywood actor Kerry Washington's Twitter reunion with teacher makes people emotional

Twitter on August 19 witnessed one of its kind reunions on its platform when actor Kerry Washington reunited with her 8th-grade teacher.

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Twitter on August 19 witnessed one of its kind reunions on its platform when actor Kerry Washington reunited with her 8th-grade teacher. reunion happened when Kerry was hosting Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday and started virtual event by saying that she still remembers preamble of constitution, which she learned in 7th or 8th grade. Following that, Kerry's teacher Tiffany Bluemle tweeted that she "nearly fell off couch" when Kerry mentioned constitutional law class adding that she was her teacher and she is proud of her. 

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Kerry was quick to respond to her 8th-grade teacher's tweet as she wrote, "OMG!!!! Hi Thank you for watching!!!!! And thank you for inspiring me and so many or students!!!" reunion between two was enjoyed by netizens even more, who flooded comment section of duo with heartfelt student-teacher messs. "I wasn't YOUR teacher but I was a teacher. and you thanking your teacher has me in tears.  We usually don't get to kw how it all turns out for our students but to hear we made a difference, we inspired one of m, we are remembered, well, that's just everything!" one user wrote. 

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Emotional reunion 

Recently, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reunited with her 2nd-grade teacher on micro-blogging platform. Ocasio had taken to Twitter to post a poem by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, one that US Rep. Elijah Cummings recited in her first speech. Ocasio tweeted poem after learning that she would get only 60 seconds to deliver her DNC remarks. Ocasio's teacher Ms. Jacobs commented on her post saying, "You've got this. Remember all those poems we recited toger in 2nd grade? It was prep for this moment. You've got this." Ocasio, like Kerry, was quick to respond as she posted an emotional mess for her 2nd-grade teacher thanking her for teaching and believing in her as a child. 

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18:51 IST, August 22nd 2020