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\"Hey Carol, Dwayne Johnson here. I wanted to take a moment to say congratulations,\" he said in the video, praising Propst for nearly four decades of \"amazing, incredible\" service to students. \"Wow! Carol. Congratulations! I am so happy for you, and I am so proud of you.\"

\"And, being that this is Teacher Appreciation Week, on behalf of all parents, Carol, I say thank you,\" Johnson continued. \"Thank you, and thank all of your fellow teachers for your wisdom, for your love, for your care, for your discipline -- which I needed a lot if you were my teacher. But thank you so much for educating and for caring for our kids.\"

So it happened. I'll tell the story in a series of tweets but @TheRock reached out to us to surprise @PropstMiss. @news5wcyb videoed it and will run a segment about it tonight at 10. THANK YOU to Dwayne Johnson! Thank you to @garyskeen01 for his major role in this. #propstrocks https://t.co/aVojzFIUcg pic.twitter.com/o4nhmHc4bc

— Noah Ashbrook (@Mr_Ashbrook) May 6, 2020

As for the contents of the gift, Johnson sent Propst a couple bottles of his brand of tequila, Teremana. He ended the clip by saying he hopes she will get to \"share a shot\" with him one day.

\"English teachers are rarely at a loss for words,\" Propst wrote on Twitter, \"but it is a steep challenge for me to verbalize my profound thanks to Dwayne @TheRock Johnson and his team for their unbelievably kind, generous, and thoughtful response to the Twitter challenge posed by some of my colleagues and students who wanted to give me a unique retirement send-off.\"

Thanks to @TheRock pic.twitter.com/Kv7uxpzp13

— Carol Propst (@PropstMiss) May 8, 2020

Johnson was able to see how she reacted to the big surprise, tweeting in response, \"Awww I love seeing this. Her reaction is just beautiful. Things like this are the best part of fame.\"

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