A Houston dad dropped his daughter off at school, and then decided to go to class with her.
Like a lot of parents in the fall, Enock Anassi went with his daughter Kerubo and her mom to move her into New York as she begins a graduate program at The New School.
Enock and his wife’s flight home to Houston was delayed indefinitely because of Tropical Storm Harvey.
However, the dad is taking full advantage of his prolonged stay in New York.
As a professor himself, Enock was curious and decided to attend Kerubo’s first course, an oral history class, with her.
‘Initially my sister thought it was funny, but then got very upset and embarrassed when the joke didn’t end and my father didn’t leave,’ Kerubo’s brother Omete told Buzzfeed.
Enock Anassi is a professor from Houston. He decided to attend his daughter Kerubo’s first college class after his flight home was delayed indefinitely because of Hurricane Harvey
Enock took a selfie with Kerubo in the classroom and texted it to the family. Kerubo is starting a graduate program at The New School in New York City
Enock video-called his son Omete to tell him the entire story. Omete, 23, is currently living in southern California
The dad proudly texted the entire family a selfie of him sitting in the classroom.
He introduced himself to the entire class, got a syllabus and periodically quizzed Kerubo on the information.
‘Kerubo told me to get out,’ he said, ‘but the teacher said: “he can stay.”‘
‘The teacher loved me because I was very attentive,’ he said.
Kerubo was absolutely mortified. Their dad was even taking photos ‘audibly’ throughout class, ‘never turning his phone on silent,’ Omete said.
Enock even assigned his daughter extra homework afterward.
Omete was cracking up while listening to his sister’s misfortunes, so he shared it on Twitter. The story has now gone viral.
‘We tried to explain to my father that he went viral but he had no idea what that means,’ Omete said, laughing.
Omete posted the story on Twitter and it went viral
Twitter users thought the story was hilarious. One user loved the fact that Enock got a syllabus
Several users said that it seemed like something their parents would do to them
The president of The New School even saw the story and responded to Omete
Another girl tweeted that her mother was also stranded with her at college
‘Dad is just grateful he’s been able to spend more time with his family, and that the hotel where he’s staying has been accommodating to them during these unpredictable times,’ he said.
Despite the humiliation Kerubo is grateful her parents are safe.
The family’s home in Houston was not flooded, but other friends and family in the area have seen some serious damage.
Omete, 23, is now living in Los Angeles.
Enock and his wife still do not have a return date.