LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WZTV) - More than seven million people across the country have seen a viral video out of La Vergne High School in Tennessee.
WZTV first showed the video last week.
The freshman, Azie Robinson was going through a tough time. The video shows how emotional he got when his classmates surprised him with new shoes.
Monday, he threw a surprise pizza party for the class, as a way to pay it forward.
More than $2,500 has been raised on a GoFundMe page set up for Azie.
Azie says he didn’t want to spend the money on himself, so he started by showing love to his class.
The first lesson we learned from the high school students is that when you do positive things to others, it comes back to you.
“We didn’t know that the video was going to be recorded,” Dylan Norton, one of Azie’s classmates who planned the surprise, said.
Little did this class realize, the kindness they showed Azie was heading back their way.
“It was hard for me to keep the laughter in, cause I knew exactly what was happening,” Azie said.
Right before lunch, their biology teacher gave them a pop quiz.
“Get out a piece of paper, sit down,” Norton said, explaining what their teacher told the class, “You got 5 seconds or else you’ll automatically get a zero.”
However, it was all a trick.
Azie’s mom, Traci came into the class with 10 pizzas.
“They thought they were in trouble, and then we walked in with the pizzas and we were like surprise," Traci said. "And, they were like, ah really?”
Then 10 pizzas paid for with money donated to Azie by those he inspired. Millions of strangers who watched the video and felt what Azie was feeling.
“Azie is just another regular boy, and he can be just as important as everyone else can be,” Azie’s sister, Aralyn, said.
“It’s up to us to change the world,” Azie said.
The homework he's assigning the community is this: Show a positivity, it goes a long way.
Azie says people were upset that he didn’t plan to keep any of the money himself. He says he will donate some, and put away some for college.
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