--- title: Teacher Will Cancel Final Exams if Taylor Swift Calls Him description: Your move, Tay canonical: https://time.com/3896210/taylor-swift-high-school-exams/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-26T16:32:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:26.768Z og:title: This Teacher Will Cancel Final Exams If Taylor Swift Calls Him og:description: Your move, Tay og:url: https://time.com/3896210/taylor-swift-high-school-exams/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe061fb5a24d45ea/6987eec72dce01edff9e1b78/swift-taylor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: swift-taylor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Teacher Will Cancel Final Exams If Taylor Swift Calls Him twitter:description: Your move, Tay twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe061fb5a24d45ea/6987eec72dce01edff9e1b78/swift-taylor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Teacher Will Cancel Final Exams If Taylor Swift Calls Him ## Video: 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds [Watch (HLS stream): 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8) (0:35)  _Published 2014-12-11. 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 26, 2015 4:32 PM UTC  Taylor Swift onstage during the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium on April 19, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. Taylor Swift onstage during the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium on April 19, 2015 in Arlington, Texas.Mike Windle—ACM2015/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 26, 2015 4:32 PM UTC Students at Skyview High School in Billings, Montana, might get out of their world history finals this year — if they can somehow get Taylor Swift to call their teacher. A student named Ike Stoner came up with the deal — and the instructor, Colter Pierce, agreed to it. If Stoner could use the Internet to get Swift to give Pierce a call, then the students would be exempt from their exams, KTVQ [reports](http://www.ktvq.com/story/29137569/skyview-students-taylor-swift-challenge-goes-viral). “Pretty much all semester, I’ve been talking about Taylor Swift,” Pierce said when asked why the “Shake It Off” singer was the celebrity chosen for this contract. Stoner admitted that the deal started out as “kind of a joke,” but as it has gained more and more likes and shares on [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/stoneman802/status/601082011801915392)and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ashton.j.goodell/posts/1014699281897549?pnref=story), that phone call seems possible. Stoner has been circulating a picture of the contract — which was drawn up and signed on the classroom whiteboard — along with a photo of himself and Pierce shaking hands to seal the deal: > [](https://twitter.com/stoneman802/status/601082011801915392) So far, Swift hasn’t acknowledged the stunt — but she’s got plenty of time until finals begin. Your move, Tay. 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