Scientists are shocked by the sudden increase in mathematical intelligence as the grading period comes to a close. Students across campus who have been struggling with math all year have suddenly become experts at calculating their grades within seconds. Regardless of how low their grades were before, they all seem to have a great increase in intelligence in the 48 hours leading up to grades closing.
Students have been seen calculating missing grades, extra credit, potential grades, and more within mere seconds. Scientists have never seen anything like this before. Students who have avoided doing math like the plague are seen calculating in their free time. It’s a phenomenon that no one can seem to explain.
One student, Cal Culator, a junior at Pine View, has never liked doing math, in fact, he tried to get out of taking a math class this year. Despite his dislike for math, he has been seen calculating like his life depends on it.
“I spent three hours calculating every possible way I could bring up my grade in chemistry for the quarter…All my friends have been doing it too. We even started an after-school event to calculate our grades together,” Culator said.
One teacher, Al Gebra, is shocked with how quickly his students learned math.
“The students were struggling to understand inequalities and the next day I see them doing advanced statistics. Don’t get me wrong, I love to see them caring about their schoolwork, it’s just that the shift was so sudden,” Gebra says
Researchers are calling it the Quarter Crisis. Based on data collected, it only seems to happen a few days before the quarter ends and grades close. It affects most students, no matter how much they enjoy math. As the days close in, students are seen typing at record breaking speeds. How they are doing this, is still unknown.
It seems that these math skills won’t last forever.
“They all gain these skills and then, the second grades are closed and cannot be changed anymore, they all go back to how they felt about math before. I even had a student ask me what a mixed fraction was when he was doing calculus level math the week before, ” Gebra said.
While teachers and scientists are shocked and are working tirelessly to solve this mystery, students seem to be unconcerned about the matter and are simply taking advantage of their new intelligence.
“I calculated a way to get my chemistry grade up to an 80 percent in seconds…don’t ask me how I did it because I can’t remember anymore,” Culator said.
Whether the students all teach each other how to calculate grades fast, they magically gain the skills, or some other explanation, it is still a mystery how this phenomenon occurs, and scientists are actively working to figure it out.