‘Amazing!’ HS grads answer questions from their sixth-grade selves in video going viral for all the right reasons

Teachers in Tennessee proved that technology can be used for good with a touching video that’s going viral for all the right reasons.

“Graduates from McCallie School, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, sat down to answer questions from … themselves,” Trending Politics co-owner Collin Rugg reported.

A group of graduating boys were asked to answer questions from themselves in a video taken when they were in sixth grade.

Brilliant, fascinating, and heartwarming at the same time!

Watch:

NEW: High school graduates answer questions from their sixth-grade selves.

Graduates from McCallie School, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, sat down to answer questions from … themselves.

The video amassed a whopping 37 million views & 8.5 million likes on TikTok.

This is… pic.twitter.com/6GYNiPosu5

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 21, 2025

The video amassed over 37 million views on TikTok, according to Rugg, and was widely celebrated on X:

totally going to do this with the family this weekend!

do one for major life events – graduations.
do one for the year – as a record of goals
do one for big life events – marriage, first child, grandchild.

Make it into a family album of memories. Absolute fantastic idea!

— CyberJoe (@bestjkymn) May 21, 2025

The 6th-grade self of this guy cracked me up.

His modern self was very wise. pic.twitter.com/ZItNd2awdx

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 21, 2025

“Try your hardest no matter what.” Wise, indeed.

This is amazing.
Reminds me of my Horace Mann School back in the day (since turned coed).

“The McCallie School is an all-boys prep school in Chattanooga, grades 6-12, emphasizing academic rigor, character development, and the preparation of boys to become leaders.”

It worked.

— Randall Bock (@DrRandallBock) May 21, 2025

Amazing! The luckiest school is Yale-don’t change who you are kid going to Yale. Bama and all the others are getting leaders-the best of the best. But Yale is the luckiest because that kid doesn’t fit the woke narrative. Make your mark and keep going!

— LibertyBelle (@Tradan129) May 22, 2025

This is such an awesome project!!! I really want to do this for my 3 kids they are 6th 5th and 4th grades now…

— Bearded Nurse (@BeardedNurseDad) May 21, 2025

If this isnt a brilliant add for a high school then I dont know what is! This American school certainly turns out educated, smart sensible young men. Well done!

— BeHappy (@StarlightBHappy) May 21, 2025

Oh man. My son is exactly doing the same. His teachers in 6th grade made the students fill out a questionnaire. He got it back last week. I cannot help but cry. This is so sweet. Congratulations to all the High Schoolers graduating in 2025.

— Christine (@Alohaneen) May 21, 2025

These are some impressive young men. Very poignant in that I have a granddaughter graduating HS tomorrow. I sent this to her and asked her what she thought her sixth-grade self would have asked her.

— Donna Pangborn (@dpanger) May 21, 2025

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