{"id":346274,"date":"2022-04-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=346274"},"modified":"2022-03-31T23:12:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T03:12:45","slug":"mr-hornor-joins-tik-tok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2022\/04\/01\/mr-hornor-joins-tik-tok\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Hornor Joins Tik Tok!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mr. Hornor collabs with Charlie Damelio and goes viral!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nLong-awaited, <\/span>Mr. Tim Hornor, US History Chairperson and Teacher, has joined the viral social media platform of Tik Tok. An extremely prevalent app around the world, but especially at Pace, this news has brought the utmost excitement amongst students! Joining on Jan. 1, 2022, Mr. Hornor says, \u201cI made it my New Year\u2019s resolution to get with the trends. This seemed like the most efficient way.\u201d Ever since his arrival on the app, he has gained quite the following.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nPosting under the username of @TimsToks, Mr. Hornor planned to post lighthearted, school-appropriate Tik Toks that would attract the right viewers. However, he quickly realized how many sides of Tik Tok there are. Mr. Hornor says, \u201cI was enjoying my For You Page and then all of a sudden I was bombarded with absurd dancing and people called Furries.\u201d Now aware of the odd complexities of this app, Mr. Hornor began adapting.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nTaking inspiration from viral Tik Tok stars, Addison Rae and Charli Damelio, Mr. Hornor decided to engage with his followers by bringing back the famed \u201cRenegade\u201d dance. This dance swept the app in its early stages of acclaim but has since died out. Nevertheless, Mr. Hornor put in the work, learning this surprisingly complex dance, recording the perfect take and posting it on his page. Mr. Hornor says, \u201cI have never sweat so much in my entire life! It took me an hour to learn the first half of the dance, not to mention all the time I spent before studying Addison and Charli\u2019s posts.\u201d In a matter of seconds, Mr. Hornor\u2019s rendition of the \u201cRenegade\u201d was on Pace students For You Pages everywhere!<\/span>\n\nReaching a whopping 1 million views on the first day of posting, the fame was getting to Mr. Hornor\u2019s head. The adrenaline rush led him to create 500 drafts, in which he began posting one per day. His comment section was flooded with his students’ words of astonishment and disbelief at the fact that their history teacher was taking over Tik Tok. The comments further fueled Mr. Hornor\u2019s Tik Tok fame, so much so that he even filmed Tik Toks in class.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nDuring his A period AP US History class, his favorite class to ever exist, Mr. Hornor filmed a Tik Tok to the song \u201cManeater\u201d by Nelly Furtado. This Tik Tok included the entire class, and shortly after posting, it reached a shocking 2 million views. The Tik Tok gained the attention of news stations, celebrities and of course other viral Tik Tok creators. CBS News in Atlanta reached out to Mr. Hornor after going viral and reported on the matter.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nMr. Hornor and some students of his A period class were interviewed and featured on CBS News in a segment called, \u201cHistory Teacher Turned Tik Tok Star Overnight.\u201d The exposay was very well received and was played during assembly for the entire Pace Upper School student body. Mr. Hornor says, \u201cI was flattered to be featured on the news. It was a defining moment for me as now I realize Tik Tok is my true passion.\u201d At the end of the assembly, Mr. Horner shared some shocking news.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nFormally resigning from his role as US History Chairperson, Mr. Hornor informed Pace students and faculty that he will be starting down a new career path. To everyone\u2019s dismay, Mr. Hornor announced that he would be full-time pursuing Tik Tok in light of his rapid rise to stardom. Mr. Hornor says, \u201cI know it is hard to believe that I am leaving my job at Pace for a social media app, but I truly feel accepted on Tik Tok. Everyone can expect more exceptional content.\u201d He officially stepped down from his role this morning, leaving his legacy by his students but also his unexpected Tik Tok fame.<\/span>\n\nApril fools!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long-awaited, Mr. Tim Hornor, US History Chairperson and Teacher, has joined the viral social media platform of Tik Tok. An extremely prevalent app around the world, but especially at Pace, this news has brought the utmost excitement amongst students! Joining on Jan. 1, 2022, Mr. Hornor says, \u201cI made itContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":346753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-","post-346274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pacenews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/files\/2022\/02\/hornorRBG.jpg?fit=648%2C956&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1TYqQ-1s54","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346274"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346886,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346274\/revisions\/346886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}