{"id":291948,"date":"2020-05-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1148089"},"modified":"2020-05-05T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:00:00","slug":"watch-magic-johnson-kandi-burruss-and-more-celebrate-life-changing-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/watch-magic-johnson-kandi-burruss-and-more-celebrate-life-changing-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Magic Johnson, Kandi Burruss and More Celebrate Life-Changing Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202044\/rs_600x600-200504154448-600-magic-johnson-kandi-nate.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.242597898758\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"24.336198662846\">\n<p>On today&#8217;s lesson plan: Sending a big thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1146671\/boy-meets-world-s-william-daniels-shares-a-plus-message-for-heroic-teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all&nbsp;the&nbsp;teachers&nbsp;out there<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Day to day,&nbsp;they&nbsp;work tirelessly to prepare kids for just about everything life will throw their way. And, more recently, they have had to expertly pivot from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1146786\/17-teachers-going-above-and-beyond-during-the-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">face-to-face lectures to virtual classes<\/a> as schools continue to remain closed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1131006\/justin-bieber-and-other-celebs-giving-back-throughout-the-coronavirus-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amid the Coronavirus pandemic<\/a>.&nbsp;So today,&nbsp;in honor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1147326\/16-teachers-gifts-that-deserve-an-a-for-thoughtfulness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Teacher Day<\/a>,&nbsp;celebs are&nbsp;taking time to applaud all the instructors worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to show some love and appreciation to all the teachers out there who are doing a fantastic job teaching and helping our kids learn,&#8221; <strong>Magic Johnson<\/strong> says in the video tribute above. &#8220;I had a great teacher, Greta Dart, who changed my life and I just want to thank her for everything that she did for me to put me on the right path to where I am today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then I want to thank all my sisters who are teachers as well back in Lansing, Michigan,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1117218\/magic-johnson-reflecting-on-kobe-bryant-s-legacy-will-warm-your-heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the NBA legend adds<\/a>. &#8220;I just love teachers and we should all support them in any way that we can. Thank you, thank you, thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56.213017751479\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.3688362919132\">\n<p>He&#8217;s not alone in&nbsp;shouting out the special&nbsp;educators in his life. For most of her life, comedian<strong>&nbsp;Fortune Feimster<\/strong>&nbsp;has witnessed the patience and spirit that lives on in teachers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know that so many of you go above and beyond and I know how hard you work because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/904194\/the-mindy-project-s-fortune-feimster-is-engaged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my fianc\u00e9e<\/a> [<strong>Jacquelyn Smith<\/strong>] has been a teacher for 12 years,&#8221;&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/eonline.com\/news\/892484\/the-mindy-project-delivered-the-realistic-romantic-comedy-we-never-knew-we-needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mindy Project<\/a><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/eonline.com\/news\/892484\/the-mindy-project-delivered-the-realistic-romantic-comedy-we-never-knew-we-needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alum<\/a>&nbsp;tells E! News. &#8220;My mom was a teacher for 30 years and it&#8217;s a tough job&#8230;The future of our society is in your hands and you guys do an amazing job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33.93984962406\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"12.842105263158\">\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;<strong>Nate Berkus<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Jeremiah Brent<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kim_zolciak\">Kim Zolciak-Biermann<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and more are sending&nbsp;gratitude to the&nbsp;those working&nbsp;tirelessly&nbsp;with their own young children.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to say much love to my son Ace&#8217;s teachers Mrs. Porter and Xia Laoshi,&#8221;&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kandi_burruss\">Kandi Burruss<\/a><\/strong> raves.&nbsp;&#8220;Oh my gosh, I appreciate you guys so much! Trying to teach Ace is making me realize, &#8216;Oh you guys deserve a major, major raise!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1148089\/watch-magic-johnson-kandi-burruss-and-more-celebrate-life-changing-teachers?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s lesson plan: Sending a big thank you to all&nbsp;the&nbsp;teachers&nbsp;out there. Day to day,&nbsp;they&nbsp;work tirelessly to prepare kids for just about everything life will throw their way. And, more recently, they have had to expertly pivot from face-to-face lectures to virtual classes as schools continue to remain closed amid the Coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;So today,&nbsp;in honor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-20 23:56:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}