Student takes grinning selfie as pregnant teacher has contractions When Florida student Malik Whiter saw that his teacher went into labor during class, he pulled out his phone, positioned himself just so in front of the pain-stricken woman and smiled for the camera. 'Selfie with my teacher while she having contrations,' Whiter tweeted earlier this week, not knowing yet that he was just days away from becoming an Internet sensation. The photo featuring Whiter's grinning mug with mirrored sunglasses and a beanie on his head in the foreground, and his terrified-looking teacher in the background, became an instant viral hit. Say 'cheese': High school junior Malik Whiter has become an Internet celebrity after tweeting a picture of himself grinning in front of his teacher, who went into labor in class Celebrity: The selfie has earned Whiter numerous admirers online and has been retweeted more than 31,000 times As of Saturday morning, the selfie has been retweeted nearly 32,000 times. Whiter, who goes by the Twitter handle SpideyNikka, is a junior at Coral Springs Charter School. On Tuesday, he was sitting in his business class when his teacher, identified by Miami New Times as Susana Halleck, began experiencing premature contractions. While the distraught seven-month-pregnant woman was busy calling her mother, the mischievous Whiter seized the opportunity to photo-bomb her. Halleck, who is due to give birth December 15, went to a hospital, but it turned out to be a false alarm and she returned to school Thursday. While some commenters have questioned Whiter's motives behind the selfie, the junior told Local 10 that Miss Halleck is a great teacher, and he wanted to caption the memorable moment both for himself and for her. Motive: Whiter said that he took the photo because he wanted to capture a special moment for his teacher and for himself Meme king: Whiter's selfie has spawned many spoofs, including this shot of his grinning face with Jesus carrying the cross in the background Witness to history: Whiter also has made it into the photo of President Obama and his cabinet watching the Osama bin Laden raid Yes, he can: Whiter's head was Photoshopped over a shot of President Obama taken during a debate with Mitt Romney "I told her to smile but and she said no," Whiter tweeted. So I got her off guard. The Coral Springs teen also said that the reaction to his photo, which has been spread to the furthest corners of the internet over the past week, has taken him by surprise. "I have honestly laughed until I cried looking at that pic on two different occasions tonight," Whiter later tweeted to his 2,490 followers. Think I'm making it my wallpaper. Move over, Miley: Before his rise to Internet fame, Whiter tweeted goofy selfies with his tongue sticking out in the style of Miley Cyrus Considering the image's wild popularity, it was just a matter of time before Whiter's epic selfie has turned into a meme, spawning countless spoofs. In one parody picture, his sunglass-clad face was inserted into a still from a movie showing Jesus carrying the cross on his way to the site of his execution. The irreverent prankster's head also has made it into the famous photo of President Obama and his cabinet watching the Osama bin Laden raid, John F. Kennedy's funeral and a presidential debate with Mitt Romney.