A class of students from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan may have possibly pulled the greatest prank on a teacher ever.
It’s certainly a prank that the teacher and students will both remember for a very long time.
The professor had a standard rule in his classroom: no cell phones.
He decided to enforce this by instituting a rule that anyone whose phone rings during class has to answer it on speakerphone.
The professor must have thought that the possibility of this embarrassment would encourage students to turn their phones off before class.
Little did he know he was setting the stage for a brutal prank.
So, what did this professor’s students do on April Fools Day?
The plan was to have someone call one of the student’s phone while class was underway. The student would leave their phone on, resulting in the professor forcing her to answer it on speakerphone in front of everyone.
All the while, another student was filming what took place.
This was a macroeconomics class, but if the students involved wanted to take up drama as a field of study, we think they would do quite well.
Their performance in this prank is near perfect.
The student whose phone rang hesitantly answers on speakerphone. She appeared nervous and embarrassed but this was all an act.
The voice on the other end of the phone was loud enough for the whole class to hear as it said:
“Hi, this is Kevin from the Pregnancy Resource Center. Per your request, I am calling to inform you that the test results have come back positive. Congratulations.”
The professor clearly dies a little on the inside.
When those words rang out, the professor’s body language indicates he was instantly full of regret for making that silly rule. What embarrassment his policy had caused, he must have thought.
What a wonderfully helpful fictional resource center these students have created!
The professor clearly felt quite guilty. He began to offer up a sincere public apology to the student, but she quickly cuts him off.
She let everyone in the classroom know she already knew what she was going to name the baby.
“I’ve been expecting this, and I already know what I’m going to name the baby. Her first name will be April, and her middle name will be Fools.”
Thankfully, he had not really caused this poor student the embarrassment he thought he had. Everyone loves a good joke!
After the joke was had the professor was in good spirits.
He said he will always remember this moment. It was certainly quite memorable! Video of the prank has gone viral as well, having been viewed more than 67 million times.
