NFL legend Peyton Manning surprised students last week by joining an online Zoom class at his alma mater, the University of Tennessee. 'I'm sorry, Dr. Haas,' he said. 'It's been a while. It's been at least since 1996 or '97 since I've been in a class.'
On Thursday, University of Tennessee professor John Haas was in the midst of giving instructions to his students in an online class on Zoom. Then, someone joined in late, prompting the professor to say in a stern tone,"Mr. Thompson, I think you're late for class.""I'm sorry, Dr. Haas," Peyton Manning replied, wearing a Tennessee visor."It's been a while. It's been at least since 1996 or '97 since I've been in a class.
"I realize this is a unique time and probably not the ideal way you guys expected to spend your senior year," Manning, who graduated from Tennessee in 1997 with a degree in communication studies, said to the class."I just encourage you to keep a positive attitude, keep working like you're doing and try to take advantage of the little bit of the extra time you have to accomplish something else or help out somebody in need. a lot of people hurting out there during this time.
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