#lewis structure

Mr. XYZ told them that if all the other periods did worse than them, he would raise their and only their scores. now surely, among these honorable, respectable students, they would do what was best for the majority and warn the others of the looming danger, yes?

what i saw proceed was the most brutal, tragic, and coordinated form of psychological sabotage i have ever personally witnessed occur in real life. the ENTIRE period organized to convince all the other students of Mr. XYZ that it was about lewis structure or some other garbage (idk lol our class is behind) instead and not ONE whisper of the plot leaked. i witnessed close friends from infancy betray one another. whispers of lewis structure became the knives with which allies stabbed one another in their backs, smiling as they sentenced comrades to death by grading. i'd be willing to bet that at least one friendship was broken today over the pop quiz.

the thing is, this is not the first instance of Mr. XYZ being the mastermind of student misery. i'd be willing to bet that Mr. XYZ is a social scientist or whatever they're called posing to be a teacher at our school studying the minds of high school students.