If you’ve been on social media this past week, you’ve likely seen video of a North Carolina English teacher giving special handshakes with each of his students as they arrive to his class.

The awesome teacher’s name is Barry White Jr.

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The handshakes started with one student and really grew from there as White told ABC News, “I started with one simple handshake last year with a fourth grader…She would wait for me every morning before she’d go to class.”

He added, “This year I started making handshakes with the kids at recess. It was just one or two students and then it became contagious. I saw how much it meant to them, so I said, ‘Come on. Everyone come on.’ Then it was my full class, then it was kids from other classes. Now I have third graders wanting to do it too.”

How in the world does he remember all of these handshakes?

He said, “I just know the certain moves that go with certain kids because it’s personalized. For example, I started a step team at the school. Some of my fifth graders I teach are on that step team and you’ll notice we step a little bit in their handshakes.”

White believes that the handshakes help to foster a fun and positive work environment for his students, “They know when they get to the front door we do our ‘good mornings,’ and then it’s time to go…I’m always pumped up and then we start doing the moves and that brings them excitement and pumps them up for a high-energy class.”

 Give this man all of these awards!

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