Taylor Swift Can Now Help Get You Out Of Your Final Exams, Apparently

Leave it to a kid with the last name Stoner to think of a way to get out of taking an exam. This idea is about a 4/10 on the creativity scale, but we’ll give it an “A” for effort.

Ike Stoner, a sophomore at Skyview High School in Billings, Montana, hatched the mildly brilliant plan that goes as follows:

Step 1: Take advantage of world history teacher Colter Pierce’s near obsession with Taylor Swift, and make a bet that involves Pierce canceling their final exam if the students got Swift to call him. Pierce has been talking about the singer all semester (we all have, Mr. Pierce) and admits to having a crush on her (yeah, same).

Step 2: Make a social media push to get Swift to call Pierce.

Step 3: Accumulate Twitter followers in the process (bonus).

Step 4: Hope and pray that Swift calls because way more time has been spent campaigning and planning than actually studying.

Speaking with KVTQ, Stoner admits, “It was kind of a joke, really. I just wanted to see if I could get more Twitter followers.” Stoner posted the initial message, then classmate Ashton Goodell helped get the ball rolling by posting a picture of Stoner making the agreement with Pierce on Facebook. That Goodell kid is obviously hip to Facebook, knowing pictures help drive #engagement. We’ll call him the brains of the operation. Amazingly, school officials signed off on the idea, because… well, I’m not exactly sure why.

So, how is the plan going so far?

“Twenty-two thousand (shares), 40,000, 45,000, 49, then, when I went to bed last night, 55,000. When I got here this morning, 83,000. And last check was 107,000,” Pierce laughed. “According to our math, it’s about 100 a minute.”

No word from the Swift camp, though. She has two weeks before finals start.

“Come on, Taylor,” Stoner said. ‘Please call for us.”

While you’re at it, Taylor, can you call my wife, too? I’m kind of sick of taking out the trash, and she loves 1989.

(Via KVTQ)

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