Excessive Faculty Pupil Leaves Instructor Speechless with Tattoo Tribute (Unique)

In a small city in Michigan, highschool choir and theater director Jacob Salisbury has been forming one thing particular along with his college students, one among whom he affected so enormously and positively that she determined to get a tattoo in his honor.

Josie, 16, lately went viral on TikTok for sharing that she had gotten a tattoo in honor of the instructor she says “virtually saved” her psychological well being simply by permitting her the liberty to be unapologetically herself.

The pair met when Josie was in seventh grade earlier than she joined Salisbury’s class. Their friendship finally blossomed into one thing transformative and delightful for {the teenager}, as she tells PEOPLE, he inspired her to be herself and helped her by way of some robust occasions.

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“Sal [Josie’s nickname for Mr. Salisbury] and I’ve an superior bond. We eat lunch collectively, I do voice classes with him and we spend numerous hours after faculty for theater productions. He’s such an affect on me as a result of he isn’t afraid to be himself. He had a big impression on my psychological well being as a result of, with out him, I wouldn’t have joined choir and turn into myself,” Josie tells PEOPLE.

As she displays on how a lot she’s grown, Josie says with out Mr. Salisbury’s steering, she “would nonetheless be the anxiety-filled and depressed” particular person she felt she was in her youthful years. “Choir made me need to come to highschool, helped me discover superb pals, and [encouraged me] to be who I’m at present.”

When Josie came upon Mr. Salisbury — who went viral on TikTok back in 2024 for reacting to his refrain’ musical rendition of the “Loopy? I used to be Loopy As soon as…” meme — could be leaving his job to return to highschool, she wished to commemorate their time spent along with a tattoo. “I at all times need to be reminded of him and the way proud he’s of me, so I figured I might get it.”

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In a follow-up video to her first TikTok post, which has over 1 million likes as of writing, Josie shared a close-up take a look at the recent ink on her wrist, which depicts a treble clef and bass clef coming collectively to make a coronary heart, similar to the earrings Mr. Salisbury wears to “each live performance.”

“I used to be very nervous to point out him as a result of I had no clue how he would react,” Josie admits of how she was feeling earlier than the massive reveal. However, Mr. Salisbury’s splendidly shocked expression proves he felt in any other case. “I feel it went very well. I’ll really always remember Mr. Salisbury, and I hope he is aware of how a lot of an impression he had on my life,” she provides.