{"id":31137,"date":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=31137"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","slug":"coach-goes-viral-online-for-this-one-act-during-kids-basketball-game","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=31137","title":{"rendered":"Coach goes viral online for this one act during kids\u2019 basketball game"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-4057\" class=\"entry content-bg single-entry post-4057 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"entry-content single-content\">\n<p>Teachers play a vital role in shaping young lives, often going above and beyond their duties. One such teacher is Jonathan Oliver, a phys-ed coach at WG Nunn Elementary in Valdosta, Georgia, who was praised for a kind act during a basketball game.<\/p>\n<p>When kindergartener Kristen Paulk asked him to fix her hair, Coach Oliver knelt on a basketball and tied her ponytail, not realizing another teacher was recording the moment. The video went viral, touching hearts online and even making it to\u00a0<em>Good Morning America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When your job goes beyond teaching!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfg_LDhU4CE?feature=oembed\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a ponytail,\u201d Oliver said humbly, explaining that teachers try to make students feel at home. 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