"In recognition of the fourth-grader's Volunteer spirit, the university has extended an offer of honorary admission for him to join the Class of 2032," the school said in a statement."In addition, he has been awarded a four-year scholarship covering his tuition and fees beginning fall 2028 should he decide to attend UT and meet admission requirements."He was bullied for his homemade University of Tennessee T-shirt.
His teacher wrote on Facebook that the boy was proud of his creation, but was devastated when other kids made fun of him.The university heard about what happened and sent him a box of Tennessee gear. Read MoreIt also adopted the homemade UT logo as an official design and has pre-sold more than 50,000 shirts since it went on sale online.The university won't profit from the shirts: It is donating the proceeds to the charity Stomp Out Bullying.
Go Vols!
Good on UT & Vol_Football
Lmao they weren’t bullying him for the shirt I can tell you that much
Wow, cool!!
So even if he ends up with crappy grades, he gets in... Cool. Hopefully he'll have straight A's and be smarter than his bullies...
I genuinely fuck with that design.
What the fuck
Then almost all bullied boys and girls will cry for scholarship.
Vols! A team I can root for. No chance they'll play my home team, which means Yay Good Ole Rocky Top!
Wonderful!!
snooze...
Everyone gets bullied because kids are assholes. What makes this one special
Awesome!
Damn. Someone bully me
I’m for free tuition for once. Ha.
And did they pay the kid for use Nd reproduction of his design? Seriously. Is he getting a portion of their profits form sales of the shirt?
Amazing
Great ending to a sad beginning. People teaching kids about not being mean (now known as Bullying) to others starts at home.
dicksp8jr High school class of 2028? God, that’s so far away...
The parents of the bullies must be realizing they’ve done a really poor job parenting. Congratulations to the little boy and what a great place UT must be!!
This is amazing!!!!!
dicksp8jr I never heard of them until right this second but dang it I'm gonna have to get one of those shirts
Immediately adds his name to the transfer portal
Haha suck it bullies
dicksp8jr Beautiful stuff
OK, I'm glad they defended the kid, but a four-year tuition and fees scholarship?
They should get 14 days in jail. College system is a joke.
Awesome
OMG, LOVE IT!!!!
The child is obviously a genius. Hopefully, he stays away from the Juul & the squad and he will be fine.
that's great. so tired of the bullies trying to and do wreak our lives... then we do stand up for our selves. bullies get up set. cry wolf...
Really? Reallllly? Give him a pep talk and tell him it’ll be okay but a 4 year scholarship. Are you serious. People get bullied every day and they don’t get anything lmao but this kid gets a 4 year scholarship... okay.
That looks like shit
I got bullied before can I have free college now
Gross
Must be nice to be white
Who is gonna come bully me, I mostly don’t wear cloths Cos I have non.
Was he initially paid for his design that they are selling? Could these shirts profit more than his full ride?
Good for him. Truly. But as a parent of a smart and determined child, I wonder if this is all it takes for a kid to go to college do free these days. I’m looking at thousands of $ per year for mine to go to school. A kind, compassionate child who would do anything to help 1/
They did sell 50,000 of the T-shirt’s. So. That paid the tuition
4 years tho for what?
That's bullshit
Cool, cool. Now, put the rest of the money you make off of his design in a fund for him and his family.
This story just keeps getting better.
That is Stepping Up to the Plate 💪🏼🇺🇸
🥺🥺🥺
AprilDRyan Meanwhile people defended the Panthers giving a 12 year old kid mowing lawns to save for college a fucking new lawnmower and signed football by saying 'no handouts'
4 day old story CNN!
AprilDRyan Going viral is one way to finish college debt-free. Would love some other ideas!
Qué triste que el mayor mérito para obtener una beca sea ser fastidiado por los demás
AprilDRyan Blessings!!
The news commentator didn’t mention a scholarship in the story. Fact check? What he did say U of T did was pretty cool though. I’m sure it put a big smile on that kid’s face.
AprilDRyan UT is getting years of positive publicity from this.
Great job, UT!
This story is like 4 days old
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