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When a student sought help from him, he was more than delighted to provide it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Oliver, the basketball coach for the kindergarteners on Kristen Paulk\u2019s squad, went into action when Paulk asked for help tying her hair up in a ponytail. Oliver bent down to little Kristen\u2019s level by kneeling on a basketball and appeared focused as he secured her locks out of her eyes. However, he was being recorded without even realizing it.<\/p>\n<p>One of the elementary school\u2019s teachers, Kandice Anderson, caught the coach\u2019s kind act on camera; she later uploaded the video to YouTube, where it was met with widespread praise. The video\u2019s title was \u201c<strong>When your job goes beyond teaching!\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and it quickly went viral. After the clip made its way there,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/family\/story\/teacher-fixing-students-hair-gym-class-warming-hearts-60938014\">Good Morning America<\/a>\u00a0approached the 34-year-old father of three.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt was shocking to me that it got that much attention because we all do it,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Oliver Good Morning America, adding that he didn\u2019t realize he was being filmed.\u00a0<strong>\u201cWe [teachers] want to make them feel like they\u2019re at home and that they enjoy being here,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0he added.\u00a0<strong>\u201cWe try to love on them as much as possible. To me, it was just a ponytail.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\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>The doting coach revealed that Kristen had requested for his assistance with putting a ponytail in her hair for a basketball game, and while he usually helps his daughter style her hair, he was at a loss for anything beyond that.\u00a0<strong>\u201cIt was a good thing she asked for a ponytail. Anything else, I\u2019d say, \u2018You better ask your mom,\u2019\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0he joked.<\/p>\n<p>Miyah Cleckley, Kristen\u2019s mother, told the outlet that the video struck her deeply and that she knows her daughter is in good hands whenever she is with him.\u00a0<strong>\u201cI always know that Kristen is in very good hands with him. I thought it was really cute because her father he does their hair a lot. 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